Merge Data component

Hello,

I noticed that "Merge Data" component in PP8 gives different results than those obtained with the same component in PP7.5. This was tested with the attached text file to merge the "Species" text field. "Generate Frequencies" does it correctly but does not count the empty fields.

"Merge Data" in PP 7.5

SpeciesFrequency
753
Human571
Escherichia coli198
Insecta2
Spodoptera frugiperda11
African green3
Saccharomyces cerevisiae12

"Generate Frequencies" in PP 7.5 & PP8

SpeciesFrequency
Human571
Escherichia coli198
Insecta2
Spodoptera frugiperda11
African green3
Saccharomyces cerevisiae12

"Merge Data" in PP8

SpeciesFrequency
Human797

797 being the sum of all the frequencies.

Am I missing something when setting this component in the new version so I don’t get the appropriate results?

Thank you for your support.

Regards,

ISI