The Transpose Table Button and Action¶

The process for extracting data from HTML tables followed by ITPilot assumes that the desired records are disposed as table rows. However, in some cases the desired records may actually be disposed as columns in the table (e.g. in tables with columns providing information on different time sections and where information is to be obtained per period of time). Although a possible solution involves extracting the information row by row to subsequently restructure it in the process flow, the NSEQL sequence generation tool provides an option known as “Transpose Table”, which transposes any table highlighted by the mouse on the page.

The transpose process flips the table over, transforming row vectors into column vectors. Here is an example shown in Using the “Transpose Table” Button and Using the “Transpose Table” Action. There is a table with two rows and three columns ({A, B, C}, {D, E, F}) and you want to obtain its results as three registers with two values each ({A, D}, {B, E}, {C, F}). If the toolbar is not in record mode, select the table (all its elements) and click on the Denodo toolbar button (see Using the “Transpose Table” Button). If the toolbar is not in record, select the action “Transpose Table” and then click on the table (see Using the “Transpose Table” Action). The result will be as shown in Result of the “TransposeTable” Command Execution. Any subsequent data extraction process will use the modified table.

Using the “Transpose Table” Button¶

Using the “Transpose Table” Action¶

Result of the “TransposeTable” Command Execution¶

If the selected table is located inside another one, the selected table will be marked and a dialog will be displayed asking the user if that is the table that needs to be transposed.

If the user clicks No, the table that the selected table belongs to, will be marked and the same dialog will be displayed.

Transposing a table located inside another table¶