What is CSUM?
CSUM computes the cumulative sum of a value expression for each row over an ordered dataset. It performs a sum on the values of each row. It is also known as calculating the running sum.
Syntax
CSum(value_expression, sort_expression_list)
Value_expression is the scalar numeric column for which the running sum should be calculated.
Sort_expression_list is a list of column names separated by commas. It specifies the columns that have to be used to sort the values. Ascending (ASC) is the default sort direction.
The CSUM function sorts the dataset based on sort_expression_list first and then calculates the sum on the value_expression.
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Example
Let’s take the below sales table and apply CSUM on it to find out the overall sale amount.
To find the running sum of the over sales amount, execute the below query.
SELECT ID, category, date, amount, CSUM(amount, date) from sales;
The result of the query would be as follows.
Don’t forget that we should give both the values for the CSUM function.
Sort and CSUM on the same column
We can also give the same column for ordering the table and applying CSUM. From the above example, let’s order by the amount column and apply CSUm on the same amount column. Here is the query for it.
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SELECT ID, category, date, amount, CSUM(amount, amount) from sales;
Below is the output for the query.
You can observe that the table has been ordered by the amount column.
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Sorting by descending order
As I told earlier, the default sorting order would be ascending order. We can change it to descending order through psssing DESC in the query. Here is how we can do it.
SELECT ID, category, date, amount, CSUM(amount, amount DESC) from sales;
Here is the output we will get when we execute the above query.
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You can observe that the above table has been ordered by the amount column in descending order.
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Conclusion
The CSUM function is more helpful than applying SUM on each row separately. For smaller tables, the difference might not be that much. But for larger tables, we can see a big difference. Now that you know how to use the CSUM function, try using it in your applications.
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