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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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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))
Best Regards,
Icey
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I'm just getting a blank table.
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))
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?
Thanks, Icey! I didn't realize you had to import R base and stats.
Hi @Anonymous ,
Can you give me your error information? So that I can help you better.
Best Regards,
Icey
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