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Ludd
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Dates in columns and variable

Currently, I have an input like below with hundreds of extra columns:

CountryIDInitiativeCostmar-21apr-21
UK111003040
US221501211
IT32201411

 

How can I, without hard coding the current month (mar-21), identify the total per column which would be for UK = 30 and next month = 40? I need to create a new variable for current month.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

That is a rather unfortunate table design. Have you considered unpivoting your month columns?

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Ludd
New Member

Unpivoting does the trick. Thank you!

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

That is a rather unfortunate table design. Have you considered unpivoting your month columns?

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