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unpivot

verb

Etymology

From un- + pivot.

  1. derived from pivot — “hinge pin, pivot”
  2. inherited from pevet
  3. prefixed as unpivot — “un + pivot”

Definitions

  1. To convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation.

    • Unpivoting a cross tab reconstructs a table in a relational format from a cross-tab data source.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unpivot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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