drop_field

This drop_field processor drops a field from a DataEntity or DataWindow.

Usage

Drop a field from a document

Example of a job using the drop_field processor

{
    "name" : "testing",
    "workers" : 1,
    "slicers" : 1,
    "lifecycle" : "once",
    "assets" : [
        "standard"
    ],
    "operations" : [
        {
            "_op": "test-reader"
        },
        {
            "_op": "drop_field",
            "field": "name"
        }
    ]
}

Output from example job

const data = [
    DataEntity.make({ name: 'lilly', otherField: 1 }),
    DataEntity.make({ name: 'willy', otherField: 2  }),
    DataEntity.make({ name: 'billy', otherField: 3  }),
    DataEntity.make({ otherField: 4  }),
]

const results = await processor.run(data);

DataEntity.make({ otherField: 1 }),
DataEntity.make({ otherField: 2  }),
DataEntity.make({ otherField: 3  }),
DataEntity.make({ otherField: 4  }),

Parameters

Configuration	Description	Type	Notes
_op	Name of operation, it must reflect the exact name of the file	String	required
field	Name of field to remove	String	required, no default