Relate Tables with "outer join" in the Data Model (not the query builder)

[jlie]

Hey,

I hope I am able to specify my problem accurately, because I'm not entirely sure how to describe it. Lets say I have two tables, one for our customers and one for Google Analytics Session Data from our website. I am able to match them and I have a customer for every Dataset in GA, but I do not have GA data for every single customer.

When I set-up the relationship and pull the data into a visualization or a table, I only get the intersect (e.g. all customers that have sessions), but I am not able to see all customers. So what I basically need is a left-outer join: I need all the customers (all the time) and I need the GA-Data added, where it is available.

Is it possible to configure this in the Data Model or do I have to build a separate table in the Query Builder?

Best Regards and many thanks!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @jlie,

>>So what I basically need is a left-outer join: I need all the customers (all the time) and I need the GA-Data added, where it is available.

For your requirement, you can take a look at NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN Function and try to use it create a merged table with full records.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng