Generating SKUs and preserving them

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Hi,

I have am trying to access a product database that has been generated by a system supplier. There are a number of duplicate entries in there for products that have different SKUs.

I am wondering whether there is a way whereby I can generate SKUs like a number sequence e.g. 0000001 - N that can be preserved each time I reload the product database and then when new products are added the sequence can continue.

Please advise the best way to handle this.

Thanks

Shaheed

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Hi Shaheed,

you can build a table with unique products, store it in a file (or database) then append new records to it when new products are encountered in the source data. Detecting if a product already exists in the table can be done using the “Keep mismatching” action.

The “Enumerate” action would create a number sequence for all rows in the table.

You can start by looking at the “Data normalization” example that comes with EasyMorph.

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It can be modified to add new records to the reference table, when necessary.

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Thank you. Your responses are useful and insightful as usual.

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You’re welcome!