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  1. In Designer, create a Pipeline to handle the data you want to transform.
    The Snap that precedes AutoPrep must have a document output, not binary.

  2. Add the AutoPrep Snap.

  3. Click the AutoPrep Snap to open it.
    The left pane has three tabs with controls for preparing data and the right pane displays the data preview in table format:

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The AutoPrep interface provides the following elements and controls:

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  1. At the bottom of the Manage fields tab, click the Select fields arrow to open the list of fields:

  2. Click (blue star) to remove a field. The pill changes from shaded to white:

  3. Click Update. AutoPrep removes the table column for that field from the Preview data pane.

Changing the Data Type

Change You can change the data type of a field using controls on the Manage fields tab or in the Preview Data pane. You can only change the data type of a nested field from the Manage fields tab.

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The types available depend on the original data type. Object or List data types cannot be converted to other data types nor can simple data types be converted to Object or List.

To change a data type :

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from the Manage fields tab

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  1. Click the Select fields arrow to open the list of fields:

  2. Click the data type decorator:

    Data type decorator
  3. From the menu, select a new data type:

    Data type menu
  4. Change the data types for other fields as required and click Update.
    The updated data types display next to the field names in the Preview data pane.

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