Added applying of multiple columns to resample (pandas-dev#17950)

Author: discort

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.1.txt

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Documentation Changes
 
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
+- Bug in ``DataFrame.resample(...).apply(...)`` when there is a callable that returns different columns (:issue:`15169`)
 
 Conversion
 ^^^^^^^^^^

pandas/core/resample.py

@@ -395,7 +395,11 @@ def _groupby_and_aggregate(self, how, grouper=None, *args, **kwargs):
             grouped = PanelGroupBy(obj, grouper=grouper, axis=self.axis)
 
         try:
-            result = grouped.aggregate(how, *args, **kwargs)
+            if isinstance(obj, ABCDataFrame) and compat.callable(how):
+                # Check if the function is reducing or not.
+                result = grouped._aggregate_item_by_item(how, *args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                result = grouped.aggregate(how, *args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
 
             # we have a non-reducing function

pandas/tests/test_resample.py

@@ -3103,6 +3103,26 @@ def f(x):
         result = g.apply(f)
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_apply_with_mutated_index(self):
+        # GH 15169
+        index = pd.date_range('1-1-2015', '12-31-15', freq='D')
+        df = pd.DataFrame(data={'col1': np.random.rand(len(index))},
+                          index=index)
+
+        def f(x):
+            s = pd.Series([1, 2], index=['a', 'b'])
+            return s
+
+        expected = df.groupby(pd.Grouper(freq='M')).apply(f)
+
+        result = df.resample('M').apply(f)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # A case for series
+        expected = df['col1'].groupby(pd.Grouper(freq='M')).apply(f)
+        result = df['col1'].resample('M').apply(f)
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_resample_groupby_with_label(self):
         # GH 13235
         index = date_range('2000-01-01', freq='2D', periods=5)