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lillymaginta
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

I am trying to remerge two datasets under the following conditions:

dataset1: more than one observation per id and multiple date per id

 

id   date  age sex

1  ..

2...

3...

4

4

5

I created dataset 2 and selected distint id and the min(date)

dataset 2, one observation per id 

id  min_date

1

2

3

Now I want to remerge the data back to get all the other variables, how can I create an inner joint statement using both id and min(date) to get the other information specific to that date in the original dataset 

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
Just inner join on Id and Date = min_date?

If I understand correctly you can do this on one pass of the data, avoiding the join.
You could use group by ID and do having date = min (date).
Data never sleeps

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
Just inner join on Id and Date = min_date?

If I understand correctly you can do this on one pass of the data, avoiding the join.
You could use group by ID and do having date = min (date).
Data never sleeps
lillymaginta
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Thanks it worked! 

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