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Use this Snap to add a MINUS SQL operator to the separate queries coming from upstream Snaps. The MINUS SQL operator corresponds to ANSI EXCEPT. In Azure Synapse, BigQuery, this Snap uses EXCEPT operation unlike in Redshift and Snowflake, wherein the Snap uses MINUS operation. This Snap also allows you to preview the result of the MINUS SQL operation on the incoming SQL queries. You can validate the modified query using this preview functionality.
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- The MINUS SQL operation does not eliminate duplicate records. You can add the ELT Unique Snap to the ELT Minus Snap to remove duplicates.
- This Snap's output is not commutative. The Snap's output changes based on which table is connected in which input view. For example, if you use queries for tables A and B as inputs, where query A is connected to the first input and query is connected to the second, the result from the Snap's execution would not be the same if it was the other way around. Basically, A MINUS B is not the same as B MINUS A.
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| Label | String | | Insert excerpt |
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| File Writer |
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| nopanel | true |
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| ELT Minus | Exclude Common Records |
| Get preview data | Check boxCheckbox | | Multiexcerpt include macro |
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| name | getpreviewdata |
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| page | ELT Intersect |
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In Azure Synapse and BigQuery, this Snap uses EXCEPT operation unlike in Redshift and Snowflake, wherein the Snap uses MINUS operation. |
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| Retain duplicates (Databricks Lakehouse Platform only) | Checkbox | If your target database is a Databricks Lakehouse Platform instance, select this checkbox to indicate that the Snap can include duplicate entries in its output. Else (by default), the Snap retrieves only unique records from the MINUS/EXCEPT operation result. | Not selected | Selected |
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