Time for action – calculating World Cup statistics by grouping data

Let's forget the examinations for a while, and retake the World Cup tutorial from the previous chapter. The file you obtained from that tutorial was a list of results of football matches. These are sample rows of the final file: 

Match Date;Home Team;Away Team;Result
02/06;Italy;France;2-1
02/06;Argentina;Hungary;2-1
06/06;Italy;Hungary;3-1
06/06;Argentina;France;2-1
10/06;France;Hungary;3-1
10/06;Italy;Argentina;1-0
...

Now you want to take that information to obtain some statistics such as the maximum number of goals per match in a given day. To do it, follow these instructions:

  1. Create a new transformation, give it a name and description, and save it.
  2. By using a Text file input ...

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