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anandrc
Obsidian | Level 7

How do I Pick previous end_date value as start_date when flag2 = 1 by ID?

 

 

I have 

ID1 ID2 Start_date End_date Band Flag1 Flag2
101 AA 27-May-14 12-Oct-15 A 1  
101 BB 28-May-14 13-Oct-15 B 1  
101 AA 29-May-14 14-Oct-15 C 1  
101 BB . .     1
201 AA 27-Jun-14 12-Nov-15 A 1  
201 BB . . B   1
201 AA 29-Jun-14 14-Nov-15 C 1  
201 BB . .     1
102 DD . .     1

 

I want the dataset to look like:

 

ID1 ID2 Start_date End_date Band Flag1 Flag2
101 AA 27-May-14 12-Oct-15 A 1  
101 BB 28-May-14 13-Oct-15 B 1  
101 AA 29-May-14 14-Oct-15 C 1  
101 BB 14/10/2015 .     1
201 AA 27-Jun-14 12-Nov-15 A 1  
201 BB 12-Nov-15 . B   1
201 AA 29-Jun-14 14-Nov-15 C 1  
201 BB 14-Nov-15 .     1
102 DD . .     1

 

Thanks in advance.

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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Please use the code as suggested by @Kurt_Bremser , but make an updated as suggested below

 

data want;
set have;
by id1;
start_date = ifn(flag2=1 and start_date=.,lag(end_date),start_date);
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Please try the below code

 

data want;
set have;
by id1 ;
if not first.id1 then do;
if start_date eq . and end_date eq . then start_date=lag(end_date);
end;
run;
Thanks,
Jag
Kurt_Bremser
Super User
data want;
set have;
start_date = ifn(flag2,lag(end_date),start_date);
run;

@Jagadishkatam don't call LAG() in a conditional branch, as it puts a new value to the FIFO chain only when it is called.

anandrc
Obsidian | Level 7
ID1 ID2 Start_date End_date Band Flag1 Flag2
101 AA 27-May-14 12-Oct-15 A 1  
101 BB 28-May-14 13-Oct-15 B 1  
101 AA 29-May-14 14-Oct-15 C 1  
101 BB . .     1
201 AA 27-Jun-14 12-Nov-15 A 1  
201 BB . . B   1
201 AA 29-Jun-14 14-Nov-15 C 1  
201 BB . .     1
102 DD . .     1
301 AA 27-May-14 12-Oct-15 A 1  
301 BB 28-May-14 13-Oct-15 B 1  
401 CC . .     1

 

Thanks for suggestions

Sorry not to mention above scenario ( last 3 rows )earlier. In case of ID 401, both the solutions pick up previous 13-Oct-15 as start date which I don't want because its a different ID.

Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Please use the code as suggested by @Kurt_Bremser , but make an updated as suggested below

 

data want;
set have;
by id1;
start_date = ifn(flag2=1 and start_date=.,lag(end_date),start_date);
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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