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title: Calculate the increase
description: Use the increase() function to track increases across multiple columns in a table. This function is especially useful when tracking changes in counter values that wrap over time or periodically reset.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/enterprise_influxdb/v1/flux/guides/increase/
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product: InfluxDB Enterprise v1
version: v1
---

# Calculate the increase

Use the [`increase()` function](/flux/v0/stdlib/universe/increase/) to track increases across multiple columns in a table. This function is especially useful when tracking changes in counter values that wrap over time or periodically reset.

```js
data
    |> increase()
```

`increase()` returns a cumulative sum of **non-negative** differences between rows in a table. For example:

**Given the following input:**

| _time | _value |
| --- | --- |
| 2020-01-01T00:01:00Z | 1 |
| 2020-01-01T00:02:00Z | 2 |
| 2020-01-01T00:03:00Z | 8 |
| 2020-01-01T00:04:00Z | 10 |
| 2020-01-01T00:05:00Z | 0 |
| 2020-01-01T00:06:00Z | 4 |

**`increase()` returns:**

| _time | _value |
| --- | --- |
| 2020-01-01T00:02:00Z | 1 |
| 2020-01-01T00:03:00Z | 7 |
| 2020-01-01T00:04:00Z | 9 |
| 2020-01-01T00:05:00Z | 9 |
| 2020-01-01T00:06:00Z | 13 |