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Data Wrangler

by polm23 on 8/21/21, 9:16 AM with 8 comments

• by d--b on 8/22/21, 5:37 AM

  Data wrangling is the reason why BI should be done by developers.

  Alas, somehow the no-code movement sold big comapny managers tools that promised to solve it all, and when things get hard, they sell “expert consulting” time to setup the reports.

• by IAmEveryone on 8/22/21, 12:22 PM

  I couldn't quite figure out to do anything... "Group by" does nothing, and the docs say it takes effect when you use some aggregate function, of which I couldn't find any?

  Would there be any advantage to using ruby or python in an interactive shell or jupyter-style environment?

  There are also some spreadsheet-like tools I've found useful, most of all https://openrefine.org.