# REMOVE\$1MISSING
<a name="recipe-actions.REMOVE_MISSING"></a>

Returns only the rows in which a specified column isn't missing data.

**Parameters**
+ `sourceColumn` – The name of an existing column.

**Example**  
  

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_MISSING",
        "Parameters": {
            "sourceColumn": "last_name"    
        }
    }
}
```