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id: transforming
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title: Transforming data
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sidebar_label: Overview
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## Overview {#overview}
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OpenRefine gives you powerful ways to clean, correct, codify, and extend your data. Without ever needing to type inside a single cell, you can automatically fix typos, convert things to the right format, and add structured categories from trusted sources.
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This section of ways to improve data are organized by their appearance in the menu options in OpenRefine. You can:
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* change the order of [rows](#edit-rows) or [columns](columnediting#rename-remove-and-move)
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* edit [cell contents](cellediting) within a particular column
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* [transform](transposing) rows into columns, and columns into rows
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* [split or join columns](columnediting#split-or-join)
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* [add new columns](columnediting) based on existing data, with fetching new information, or through [reconciliation](reconciling)
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* convert your rows of data into [multi-row records](exploring#rows-vs-records).
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## Edit rows {#edit-rows}
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Moving rows around is a permanent change to your data.
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You can [sort your data](sortview#sort) based on the values in one column, but that change is a temporary view setting. With that setting applied, you can make that new order permanent.
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In the project grid header, the word “Sort” will appear when a sort operation is applied. Click on it to show the dropdown menu, and select <span class="menuItems">Reorder rows permanently</span>. You will see the numbering of the rows change under the <span class="menuItems">All</span> column.
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:::info Reordering all rows
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Reordering rows permanently will affect all rows in the dataset, not just those currently viewed through [facets and filters](facets).
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You can undo this action using the [<span class="fieldLabels">History</span> tab](running#history-undoredo). |