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Needs gifs for examples, otherwise LGTM
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| To get around these restrictions, you can use [`removeBlink`](../table-operations/create/remove-blink.md) to opt out of special semantics. Then, you can use [`partitionBy`](../table-operations/group-and-aggregate/partitionBy.md) to get a result with constituents that will blink in and out of existence. | ||
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| The following example demonstrates the difference in aggregation behavior. With the blink attribute, `sumBy` accumulates over all rows ever seen. After `removeBlink`, `sumBy` only sums rows in the current cycle. | ||
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| ```groovy order=tNoBlink,tBlink | ||
| ```groovy ticking-table order=tBlinkSum,tNoBlinkSum |
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| - `tBlinkSum` continuously grows as it aggregates over all historical data. |
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| - `tBlinkSum` grows continuously as it aggregates over all historical data. |
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| To get around these restrictions, you can use [`remove_blink`](../table-operations/create/remove-blink.md) to opt out of special semantics. Then, you can use [`partition_by`](../table-operations/group-and-aggregate/partitionBy.md) to get a result with constituents that will blink in and out of existence. | ||
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| The following example demonstrates the difference in aggregation behavior. With the blink attribute, `sum_by` accumulates over all rows ever seen. After `remove_blink`, `sum_by` only sums rows in the current cycle. | ||
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| ```python order=t_no_blink,t_blink | ||
| ```python ticking-table order=t_blink_sum,t_no_blink_sum |
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| - `t_blink_sum` continuously grows as it aggregates over all historical data. |
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| - `t_blink_sum` grows continuously as it aggregates over all historical data. |
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