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Wattsie_100
Calcite | Level 5
I have a data set as follows:
SaleAmt Date
10 01JUN2016
20 02JUN2016
15 03JUN2016

I want to make create a new column with the month to date total which would look like:
MonthToDate
10
30
45

I believe I need to use the retain statement but I am totally stumped!
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Reeza
Super User

Yes, you need the RETAIN statement. However, the following also includes an implicit retain. 

 

 

Running_total + SaleAmt;

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