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Anonymous
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Run R Script to create new column

I am trying to create a new column ("pct_change") within an existing dataframe that was imported from SQLServer.

 

The following code worked in R Studio:

library(dplyr)

df1 <- df1 %>%
group_by(employeeid) %>%
arrange(fiscalyear, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
mutate(pct_change = ((Salary/lag(Salary) - 1) * 100))

 

I then modified the above code from "df1" to "dataset" but was unable to get it to work. Could someone please help me?

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Icey
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I use the code below and new column is created.

library(stats)
library(base)
library(dplyr)
df1 <- dataset %>%
group_by(employeeid) %>%
arrange(fiscalyear, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
mutate(pct_change = ((Salary/lag(Salary) - 1) * 100))

r.PNG

 

Best Regards,

Icey

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

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Anonymous
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I'm just getting a blank table.

 

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Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I use the code below and new column is created.

library(stats)
library(base)
library(dplyr)
df1 <- dataset %>%
group_by(employeeid) %>%
arrange(fiscalyear, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
mutate(pct_change = ((Salary/lag(Salary) - 1) * 100))

r.PNG

 

Best Regards,

Icey

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 How and where did you save that code block within Power BI?

Anonymous
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Thanks, Icey! I didn't realize you had to import R base and stats.

Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

Can you give me your error information? So that I can help you better.

 

Best Regards,

Icey

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