Case to a Negative Number

JennWhite
JennWhite
in Dataflows

I have a beast mode to calculate the distinct count of products from transactions.  These transactions can represent shipments or returns.  If the transaction is a return, I want to case the distinct count of the products to a negative number.  I currently have the following but it is only returning positive values:

 

COUNT(DISTINCT

(CASE

WHEN lte_tbl_return_code.return_reason_description is not Null THEN lte_product_header.product_id * -1 ELSE lte_product_header.product_id

END))

 

Attached is a screenshot of the data.  Those that have the return for reissue return reason should be returning a negative number. 

 

 

Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

Jennifer White, Manager, Information Technology
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
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Comments

  • ST_-Superman-_
    ST_-Superman-_ 🟤

    The problem here is the aggregate that you are using.

     

    You are counting the distinct number of Product IDs.  This count would be the same regardless of a positive or negative value.

     

    You should try something like this:

     

    case when lte_tbl_return_code.return_reason_description is not Null

    then -1* count(distinct lte_product_header.product_id)

    else count(distinct lte_product_header.product_id)

    end

     

    If that doesn't work, then I think you will need to split this into two transforms

    1:

    count(distinct lte_product_header.product_id)

     

    2:

    case when lte_tbl_return_code.return_reason_description is not Null THEN 

    -1* `Field from step 1` else `Field from step 1`


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