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Welcome to WebHammers

Welcome to the WebHammers User Guide.

WebHammers helps you clean, filter, validate, map, profile, join, split, summarize, and review structured data without needing to be a developer or data engineer. This guide is written for users who work with spreadsheets, CSV files, Fields, Records, and repeatable data workflows.

This documentation site helps you learn how to use WebHammers step by step.

What you can do with WebHammers​

With WebHammers, you can:

  • Clean and standardize messy data
  • Filter Records using clear include or exclude Rules
  • Find and remove duplicate Records
  • Validate values against business Rules
  • Map values from one format or representation to another
  • Mask or randomize sensitive values with Obfuscator
  • Profile datasets to understand structure, quality, and patterns
  • Join datasets together using matching keys
  • Split datasets into separate outputs based on Rules
  • Calculate statistics such as counts, totals, averages, and distributions

Each Tool is focused on one kind of data task, so you can choose the guide that matches the work you need to complete.

Who this guide is for​

This guide is for:

  • New users who want to get started
  • Business users who work with spreadsheets or exported data
  • Teams that need repeatable data workflows
  • Anyone who wants practical help using WebHammers

You do not need deep technical knowledge to use this guide.

How to use this documentation​

If you are new to WebHammers, a good place to start is:

  1. Learn what WebHammers is
  2. Review the Tool overview
  3. Follow the quickstart guide
  4. Explore the specific Tool you need

You can use the navigation menu to browse topics by category, or jump directly to the Tool you want to use.

A practical approach to data work​

Files may be inconsistent, incomplete, duplicated, or hard to review. WebHammers gives you focused Tools for common data preparation and review tasks.

The goal is straightforward:

Give users practical Tools to fix data problems with confidence.

The documentation focuses on what each Tool does, when to use it, what to check before a Run, and how to review the result.

Start here​

A few good next steps:

Use these pages as a working reference while you build and review Configurations.

Need help?​

If you are unsure where to begin, visit the Get Help page or browse the General FAQ.

Open a Tool guide when you are ready to work through a specific task.