Aggregate Functions Aggregate functions perform operations on multiple values to create summary resu lts.

Functions Avg AvgDistinct BottomN Count CountDistinct Count* Mavg Max Median Min NTile Percentile Rank StdDev StdDev_Pop Sum SumDistinct TopN Avg Calculates the average (mean) value of an expression in a result set. Must take a numeric expression as its argument. Syntax Avg(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

AvgDistinct Calculates the average (mean) of all distinct values of an expression. Must take a numeric expression as its argument. Syntax Avg(DISTINCT numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

BottomN Ranks the lowest n values of the expression argument from 1 to n, 1 correspondin g to the lowest numerical value. The BOTTOMN function operates on the values ret urned in the result set. A request can contain only one BOTTOMN expression. Syntax

BottomN(Expr, integer) Where: Expr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. integer Any positive integer. Represents the bottom number of rankings displayed in the result set, 1 being the lowest rank.

Count Calculates the number of rows having a nonnull value for the expression. The exp ression is typically a column name, in which case the number of rows with nonnul l values for that column is returned. Syntax Count(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

CountDistinct Adds distinct processing to the count function. Syntax Count(DISTINCT numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

Count * Counts the number of rows. Syntax Count(*) Example Suppose a table named Facts contains 200,000,000 rows. The sample request would return the result shown. SELECT Count(*) FROM dim_tables Result 5000

Mavg Calculates a moving average (mean) for the last n rows of data, inclusive of the current row. The average for the first row is equal to the numeric expression for the first r ow, the average for the second row is calculated by taking the average of the fi rst two rows of data, the average for the third row is calculated by taking the average of the first three rows of data, and so on. When the nth row is reached, the average is calculated based on the last n rows of data. Syntax MAVG (numExpr, integer) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. integer Any positive integer. Represents the average of the last n rows of data.

Max Calculates the maximum value (highest numeric value) of the rows satisfying the numeric expression argument. Syntax Max(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

Median Calculates the median (middle) value of the rows satisfying the numeric expressi on argument. Where there are an even number of rows, the median is the mean of t he two middle rows. Syntax Median(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

NTile Determines the rank of a value in terms of a user-specified range. It returns in

tegers to represent any range of ranks. NTile with numTiles=100 returns what is commonly called the "percentile" (with numbers ranging from 1 to 100, with 100 r epresenting the high end of the sort). This value is different from the results of the Oracle BI percentile function, which conforms to what is called "percent rank" in SQL 92 and returns values from 0 to 1. Syntax NTile(numExpr, numTiles) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. numTiles Any positive, nonnull integer.

Min Calculates the minimum value (lowest numeric value) of the rows satisfying the n umeric expression argument. Syntax Min(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

Percentile Calculates a percentile rank for each value satisfying the numeric expression ar gument. The percentile rank ranges are between 0 (0th percentile) to 1 (100th pe rcentile). The percentile is calculated based on the values in the result set. Syntax Percentile(Expr) Where: Expr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

Rank Calculates the rank for each value satisfying the numeric expression argument. T he highest number is assigned a rank of 1, and each successive rank is assigned the next consecutive integer (2, 3, 4,...). If certain values are equal, they ar e assigned the same rank (for example, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 5, 7...). The rank is calc ulated based on the values in the result set. Syntax

Rank(Expr) Where: Expr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

StdDev Returns the standard deviation for a set of values. StdDev_Samp is a synonym for StdDev. Syntax StdDev([ALL | DISTINCT] numExpr) StdDev_Samp([ALL | DISTINCT] numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. ALL The standard deviation is calculated for all data in the set. DISTINCT All duplicates are ignored in the calculation.

StdDev_Pop Returns the standard deviation for a set of values using the computational formu la for population variance and standard deviation. Syntax StdDev_Pop([ALL | DISTINCT] numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. ALL The standard deviation is calculated for all data in the set. DISTINCT All duplicates are ignored in the calculation.

Sum Calculates the sum obtained by adding up all values satisfying the numeric expre ssion argument.

Syntax Sum(numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

SumDistinct Calculates the sum obtained by adding all of the distinct values satisfying the numeric expression argument. Syntax Sum(DISTINCT numExpr) Where: numExpr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value.

TopN Ranks the highest n values of the expression argument from 1 to n, 1 correspondi ng to the highest numerical value. The TOPN function operates on the values retu rned in the result set. A request can contain only one TOPN expression. Syntax TopN(Expr, integer) Where: Expr Any expression that evaluates to a numerical value. integer Any positive integer. Represents the bottom number of rankings displayed in the result set, 1 being the highest rank.