# Sample Rows
## Sample Rows
### Description
The Sample Rows transform retains a sample set of rows.
| Hop Engine | ✓ |
| ---------- | ------------ |
| Spark | ? |
| Flink | ? |
| Dataflow | ? |
### Options
| Option | Description |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Transform name | the name for this transform |
| Lines range | Specify a comma separated list of rows you want to sample. This list can contain single line numbers or line number ranges, e.g. `10,20,30,40,50..60` to sample rows 10, 20, 30, and 40, and all lines from 50 to 60. |
| Line nr fieldname | fieldname to store the line number |
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