Case to a Negative Number

[JennWhite]

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!

[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`