sum_by

sum_by returns the total sum for each group. Null values are ignored.

Caution

Applying this aggregation to a column where the sum can not be computed will result in an error. For example, the sum is not defined for a column of string values.

Syntax

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
by optionalUnion[str, list[str]]

The column(s) by which to group data.

  • [] returns the total sum for all non-key columns (default).
  • ["X"] will output the total sum of each group in column X.
  • ["X", "Y"] will output the total sum of each group designated from the X and Y columns.

Returns

A new table containing the sum for each group.

Examples

In this example, sum_by returns the sum of the whole table. Because a sum can not be computed for the string columns X and Y, these columns are dropped before applying sum_by.

In this example, sum_by returns the sum, as grouped by X. Because a sum can not be computed for the string column Y, this column is dropped before applying sum_by.

In this example, sum_by returns the sum, as grouped by X and Y.