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Calculate the increase	Calculate the increase in Flux	Increase	Use `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.	210	influxdb_2_1 parent name Query with Flux Increase	query increase counters	/{{< latest "flux" >}}/stdlib/universe/increase/	increase

Use [increase()](/{{< latest "flux" >}}/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.

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    |> increase()

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

{{< flex >}} {{% flex-content %}} 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
{{% /flex-content %}}
{{% flex-content %}}
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
{{% /flex-content %}}
{{< /flex >}}