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# Sliding Slope

Calculates the linear slope on a given row, looking backwards for a user-defined window of periods.

Pass in a partition\_col, an order\_col, and a lookback window size.

NOTE: Your data should be a properly formatted timeseries dataset before applying this transformation. In other words, each period should only appear once, and periods considered zero should be imputed with 0 already. NOTE: Slope calculations are notoriously sensitive to large outliers, especially with smaller windows.

Example use case: On daily stock data, calculate SLOPE by TICKER, with a 14-period lookback window.

## Parameters

| Name           | Type   | Description                                                                                   | Is Optional |
| -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| partition\_col | column | Grouping column to calculate the slope within.                                                |             |
| order\_col     | column | Column to order rows by when calculating the agg window. Slope automatically sorts ascending. |             |
| value\_col     | column | Column to calulate slope for.                                                                 |             |
| window         | int    | Number of periods to use as a lookback period, to calculate slope.                            |             |

## Example

```python
ds = rasgo.get.dataset(fqtn="RASGOCOMMUNITY.PUBLIC.ZEPL_DAILY_STOCK_FEATURES")

ds2 = ds.sliding_slope(partition_col = 'TICKER', 
              order_col = 'DATE', 
              value_col = 'CLOSE', 
              window = 14)

```

## Source Code

{% embed url="<https://github.com/rasgointelligence/RasgoTransforms/blob/main/rasgotransforms/rasgotransforms/transforms/sliding_slope/snowflake/sliding_slope.sql>" %}


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