Window functions

Intermediate SQL Server

Ginger Grant

Instructor

WindowingFunctions

Grouping data in T-SQL

SELECT SalesPerson, SalesYear, 
       CurrentQuota, ModifiedDate
FROM SaleGoal
WHERE SalesYear = 2011

+------------+----------+---------------+----------------+
|SalesPerson |SalesYear | CurrentQuota  | ModifiedDate   |
+------------+----------+---------------+----------------+
| Bob        | 2011     | 28000.00      | 2011-04-16     |
| Bob        | 2011     |  7000.00      | 2011-07-16     |
| Bob        | 2011     | 91000.00      | 2011-10-16     |
| Mary       | 2011     |367000.00      | 2011-04-16     |
| Mary       | 2011     |556000.00      | 2011-07-16     |
| Mary       | 2011     |502000.00      | 2011-10-16     |
+------------+----------+---------------+----------------+

Window syntax in T-SQL

Create the window with OVER clause
PARTITION BY creates the frame
If you do not include PARTITION BY the frame is the entire table
To arrange the results, use ORDER BY
Allows aggregations to be created at the same time as the window

. . . 
-- Create a Window data grouping
OVER (PARTITION BY SalesYear ORDER BY SalesYear)

Window functions (SUM)

SELECT SalesPerson, SalesYear, CurrentQuota, 
       SUM(CurrentQuota) 
       OVER (PARTITION BY SalesYear) AS YearlyTotal, 
       ModifiedDate AS ModDate
FROM SaleGoal

+------------+----------+-------------+------------+----------+
|SalesPerson |SalesYear |CurrentQuota |YearlyTotal | ModDate  |
+------------+----------+-------------+------------+----------+
|Bob         |2011      |28000.00     |1551000.00  |2011-04-16|
|Bob         |2011      |7000.00      |1551000.00  |2011-07-17| 
|Mary        |2011      |367000.00    |1551000.00  |2011-04-16|
|Mary        |2011      |556000.00    |1551000.00  |2011-07-15|
|Bob         |2012      |70000.00     |1859000.00  |2012-01-15|
|Bob         |2012      |154000.00    |1859000.00  |2012-04-16|
|Bob         |2012      |107000.00    |1859000.00  |2012-07-16|
...          |          |             |            |          |
+------------+----------+-------------+------------+----------+

Window functions (COUNT)

SELECT SalesPerson, SalesYear, CurrentQuota, 
       COUNT(CurrentQuota) 
       OVER (PARTITION BY SalesYear) AS QuotaPerYear, 
       ModifiedDate AS ModDate
FROM SaleGoal

+------------+----------+------------+--------------+----------+
|SalesPerson |SalesYear |CurrentQuota|QuotaPerYear  | ModDate  |
+------------+----------+------------+--------------+----------+
|Bob         |2011      |28000.00    |4             |2011-04-16|
|Bob         |2011      |7000.00     |4             |2011-07-17| 
|Mary        |2011      |367000.00   |4             |2011-04-16|
|Mary        |2011      |556000.00   |4             |2011-07-15|
|Bob         |2012      |70000.00    |8             |2012-01-15|
|Bob         |2012      |154000.00   |8             |2012-04-15|
|Bob         |2012      |107000.00   |8             |2012-10-16|
...
+------------+----------+------------+------------+----------+

Notice the count starts over for each window in column QuotaPerYear

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Intermediate SQL Server