Previous() ?

[#1]

Hi all,

i have a table like this:

YQ	#People
2012-Q1	3
2012-Q2	5
2012-Q3	3
2012-Q4	6

i want to have a table where "#People" is always the current value plus the previous one, so that it looks like this:

YQ	#People
2012-Q1	3
2012-Q2	8
2012-Q3	11
2012-Q4	17

I tried to do it with:

#People + previous(#People) as #People

but this did not work.

What am i doing wrong ?

Thanks a lot!

K

[#2]

need to do this in the LOAD script...

[Sokkorn]

Hi kalinkula,

This script should work

[Data]:
LOAD * INLINE [
YQ,             #People
2012-Q1,    3
2012-Q2,    5
2012-Q3,    3
2012-Q4,    6];
[Data2]:
LOAD
    YQ               AS [YQ2],
    [#People]    AS [#People2],
    RangeSum([#People], Peek('#People3'))    AS [#People3]
Resident [Data];

Regards,

Sokkorn

[tresB · Accepted solution]

you have to just create a new field. modify your load statement like :

Load *,

         #People + previous(#PeopleNew) as #PeopleNew

Resident .....;

Thanks.

[#5]

Thanks a lot!

This works - however: What do i doo if i have two quarters where i have Null() values, like for example, replace Q2 and Q3 with null values: How can i put '3' in those two records ?

regards,

K

[Sokkorn]

Hi,

That should work like you mention. Anyhow, if it not work, you can try

NumSum(RangeSum([#People], Peek('#People3')))    AS [#People3]

Regards,

Sokkorn