Filter and organize records
Merge by key
Combines records that share a key into a single record.
Nodes › LogicOpen in Neblex
- Good for
- Bringing branches back together
- Role
- Works on the records in a flow
- Find it in
- Nodes › Logic
When to use it
- Two branches enriched the same customer and their results belong together again.
- Several partial records describe one thing.
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Example
One branch reads the customer from the CRM, another from billing. Merge both by customer_id into one complete record.
How it works
- Settings
- Key field.
- Output
- One record per distinct key, in first-seen order; later fields overwrite earlier ones.
- Example
- Merge a CRM record and a billing record for the same
customer_idafter both branches join.
Add it to a flow
- Open the flow from Build › Workflows.
- Open Nodes and find Merge by key under Logic, or search for it. Click it or drag it onto the canvas.
- Drag from the previous step's output handle to its input, then open its settings with ✎ Edit.
- Run the flow and click the step to see the records it received and produced.
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