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HiveQL query to check that rows A + B = row C

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So I can't seem to sum up correctly to show that there is no difference, even though I've verified in Excel that there is no difference- and that Column A + Column B = Column C in all cases. It appears to be adding or subtracting incorrectly at times- no matter if I use minus or add(even tried switching them around), or using ABS(absolute).

Data from table Sales:

CurrencyColAColBTotal_ColC
AED2,600,0000{null}2,600,000
AUD465,000(406,000)59,000
CAD(1,450,000,000)35,000,000(1,415,000,000)
CHF490,000(114,000)(376,000)
CNH(216,000)2,200,0001,984,000

This is the query that I'm trying to double-check that the sum of column ColA + ColB = column Total_ColC:

SELECT currency,

CASE

WHEN SUM(COALESCE(ColA,0)) + SUM(COALESCE(ColB,0)) = (SUM(COALESCE(Total_ColC,0)))

THEN 0

ELSE SUM(COALESCE(ColA,0)) + SUM(COALESCE(ColB,0)) - (SUM(COALESCE(Total_ColC,0)))

END AS Total_Check

FROM `reports`.sales

WHERE DateOfBusiness = '2024-08-10'

GROUP BY Currency

Here are the incorrect results that I get for some rows- notably, anything that has a negative value.

CurrencyTotal_Check
AED0
AUD(871,000)
CAD(2,900,000,000)
CHF(228,000)
CNH(4,400,000)

I expect for all rows in Total_Check to be 0...

Thanks!

1 REPLY 1

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Expert Contributor

@Supernova I have tried the same query in my cluster and I got the correct result.

+-----------+--------------+
| currency | total_check |
+-----------+--------------+
| CAD | 0.0 |
| CNH | 0.0 |
| AED | 0.0 |
| AUD | 0.0 |
| CHF | 0.0 |
+-----------+--------------+

Can you share the complete table definition please.