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sumif() (aggregation function)

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Calculates the sum of Expr in records for which Predicate evaluates to true.

Note

This function is used in conjunction with the summarize operator.

You can also use the sum() function, which sums rows without predicate expression.

Syntax

sumif (Expr,Predicate)

Arguments

Name Type Required Description
Expr string ✓ Expression that will be used for aggregation calculation.
Predicate string ✓ Expression that will be used to filter rows.

Returns

Returns the sum of Expr for which Predicate evaluates to true.

Example showing the sum of damages based on no casualty count

This example shows the sum total damage for storms without casualties.

[Click to run query]

StormEvents
| summarize DamageNoCasualties=sumif((DamageCrops+DamageProperty),(DeathsDirect+DeathsIndirect)==0) by State

Results

The results table shown includes only the first 10 rows.

State DamageNoCasualties
TEXAS 242638700
KANSAS 407360000
IOWA 135353700
ILLINOIS 120394500
MISSOURI 1096077450
GEORGIA 1077448750
MINNESOTA 230407300
WISCONSIN 241550000
NEBRASKA 70356050
NEW YORK 58054000
... ...

Example showing the sum of birth dates

This example shows the sum of the birth dates for all names that have more than 4 letters.

let T = datatable(name:string, day_of_birth:long)
[
   "John", 9,
   "Paul", 18,
   "George", 25,
   "Ringo", 7
];
T
| summarize sumif(day_of_birth, strlen(name) > 4)

Results

sumif_day_of_birth
32