I have a dataset that contains a large number of customer IDs, a previous customer ID and a variable that represents the first acquisition date. Occasionally the customer ID is changed and the value of previous customer ID is updated accordingly. This can happen multiple times and unfortunately, each time this happens the first acquisition date is updated to the date of the ID change and is not carried over. Current Dataset Example: Customer_ID Previous_Customer_ID First_Acquisition_Date A103420830 01JAN2014 B100453820 A103420830 01JAN2015 C293099201 B100453820 01JAN2016 I need to retain the true first date of acquisition against these ID changes but I am having some difficulties dealing with more than one ID change. Any help would be appreciated.
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