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SUM [esql-sum]

Syntax

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Parameters

true Description

The sum of a numeric expression.

Supported types

number	result
double	double
integer	long
long	long

Examples

FROM employees
| STATS SUM(languages)

SUM(languages):long
281

The expression can use inline functions. For example, to calculate the sum of each employee’s maximum salary changes, apply the MV_MAX function to each row and then sum the results

FROM employees
| STATS total_salary_changes = SUM(MV_MAX(salary_change))

total_salary_changes:double
446.75