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Ronein
Meteorite | Level 14

Hello

I want to calculate sum of fields .

One of the fields in the sum is calculated variable.

Is there a way to calculate it in one step with SUM function?

This way is not working 

SUM(case when X<0 then abs(X) else 0 end as calc_X,Y,Z) as Total_Other_Way

 

 

Data have;
Input Cust_ID X Y Z;
cards;
1 -100 50 60
2 200 60 40
3 -300 30 20
4 400 10 90
5 250 80 20
;
Run;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, 
       case when X<0 then abs(X) else 0 end as calc_X,
	   SUM(calculated calc_X,Y,Z) as Total,
	   SUM(case when X<0 then abs(X) else 0 end as calc_X,Y,Z) as Total_Other_Way
from have
;
quit;
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Ksharp
Super User

I got no problem.

Data have;
Input Cust_ID X Y Z;
cards;
1 -100 50 60
2 200 60 40
3 -300 30 20
4 400 10 90
5 250 80 20
;
Run;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, 
       case when X<0 then abs(X) else 0 end as calc_X,
	   SUM(calculated calc_X,Y,Z) as Total
from have
;
quit;

Or you could try this one:

Data have;
Input Cust_ID X Y Z;
cards;
1 -100 50 60
2 200 60 40
3 -300 30 20
4 400 10 90
5 250 80 20
;
Run;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, 
       -X*(X<0) as calc_X,
	   SUM(calculated calc_X,Y,Z) as Total
from have
;
quit;
Ronein
Meteorite | Level 14

Thank you but the solution provided is in two steps of calculation-

First you calculate the field X_calc 

Then you calculate TOTAL

My question is if can do it in one step  so the calculation of field X_Calc be inside the SUM function??

Ronein
Meteorite | Level 14

Great,

Here is the solution as you offered


Data have;
Input Cust_ID X Y Z;
cards;
1 -100 50 60
2 200 60 40
3 -300 30 20
4 400 10 90
5 250 80 20
;
Run;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, 
	   SUM(case when X<0 then abs(X) else 0 end,Y,Z) as Total_Other_Way
from have
;
quit;

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