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# Aggregate Functions
Aggregate functions operate on a set of values to compute a single result.
## Filter clause
Aggregate functions support the SQL `FILTER (WHERE ...)` clause to restrict which input rows contribute to the aggregate result.
```sql
function([exprs]) FILTER (WHERE condition)
```
Example:
```sql
SELECT
sum(salary) FILTER (WHERE salary > 0) AS sum_positive_salaries,
count(*) FILTER (WHERE active) AS active_count
FROM employees;
```
Note: When no rows pass the filter, `COUNT` returns `0` while `SUM`/`AVG`/`MIN`/`MAX` return `NULL`.
## WITHIN GROUP / Ordered-set aggregates
Some aggregate functions accept the SQL `WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY ...)` clause to specify the ordering the
aggregate relies on. In DataFusion this is opt-in: only aggregate functions whose implementation returns
`true` from `AggregateUDFImpl::supports_within_group_clause()` accept the `WITHIN GROUP` clause. Attempting to
use `WITHIN GROUP` with a regular aggregate (for example, `SELECT SUM(x) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY x)`) will fail
during planning with an error: "WITHIN GROUP is only supported for ordered-set aggregate functions".
Currently, the built-in aggregate functions that support `WITHIN GROUP` are:
- `percentile_cont` — exact percentile aggregate (also available as `percentile_cont(column, percentile)`)
- `approx_percentile_cont` — approximate percentile using the t-digest algorithm
- `approx_percentile_cont_with_weight` — approximate weighted percentile using the t-digest algorithm
Note: rank-like functions such as `rank()`, `dense_rank()`, and `percent_rank()` are window functions and
use the `OVER (...)` clause; they are not ordered-set aggregates that accept `WITHIN GROUP` in DataFusion.
Example (ordered-set aggregate):
```sql
percentile_cont(0.5) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY value)
```
Example (invalid usage — planner will error):
```sql
-- This will fail: SUM is not an ordered-set aggregate
SELECT SUM(x) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY x) FROM t;
```
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# Scalar Functions
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# Window Functions
A _window function_ performs a calculation across a set of table rows that are somehow related to the current row.
This is comparable to the type of calculation that can be done with an aggregate function.
However, window functions do not cause rows to become grouped into a single output row like non-window aggregate calls would.
Instead, the rows retain their separate identities. Behind the scenes, the window function is able to access more than just the current row of the query result
Here is an example that shows how to compare each employee's salary with the average salary in his or her department:
```sql
SELECT depname, empno, salary, avg(salary) OVER (PARTITION BY depname) FROM empsalary;
+-----------+-------+--------+-------------------+
| depname | empno | salary | avg |
+-----------+-------+--------+-------------------+
| personnel | 2 | 3900 | 3700.0 |
| personnel | 5 | 3500 | 3700.0 |
| develop | 8 | 6000 | 5020.0 |
| develop | 10 | 5200 | 5020.0 |
| develop | 11 | 5200 | 5020.0 |
| develop | 9 | 4500 | 5020.0 |
| develop | 7 | 4200 | 5020.0 |
| sales | 1 | 5000 | 4866.666666666667 |
| sales | 4 | 4800 | 4866.666666666667 |
| sales | 3 | 4800 | 4866.666666666667 |
+-----------+-------+--------+-------------------+
```
A window function call always contains an OVER clause directly following the window function's name and argument(s). This is what syntactically distinguishes it from a normal function or non-window aggregate. The OVER clause determines exactly how the rows of the query are split up for processing by the window function. The PARTITION BY clause within OVER divides the rows into groups, or partitions, that share the same values of the PARTITION BY expression(s). For each row, the window function is computed across the rows that fall into the same partition as the current row. The previous example showed how to count the average of a column per partition.
You can also control the order in which rows are processed by window functions using ORDER BY within OVER. (The window ORDER BY does not even have to match the order in which the rows are output.) Here is an example:
```sql
SELECT depname, empno, salary,
rank() OVER (PARTITION BY depname ORDER BY salary DESC)
FROM empsalary;
+-----------+-------+--------+--------+
| depname | empno | salary | rank |
+-----------+-------+--------+--------+
| personnel | 2 | 3900 | 1 |
| develop | 8 | 6000 | 1 |
| develop | 10 | 5200 | 2 |
| develop | 11 | 5200 | 2 |
| develop | 9 | 4500 | 4 |
| develop | 7 | 4200 | 5 |
| sales | 1 | 5000 | 1 |
| sales | 4 | 4800 | 2 |
| personnel | 5 | 3500 | 2 |
| sales | 3 | 4800 | 2 |
+-----------+-------+--------+--------+
```
There is another important concept associated with window functions: for each row, there is a set of rows within its partition called its window frame. Some window functions act only on the rows of the window frame, rather than of the whole partition. Here is an example of using window frames in queries:
```sql
SELECT depname, empno, salary,
avg(salary) OVER(ORDER BY salary ASC ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 FOLLOWING) AS avg,
min(salary) OVER(ORDER BY empno ASC ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS cum_min
FROM empsalary
ORDER BY empno ASC;
+-----------+-------+--------+--------------------+---------+
| depname | empno | salary | avg | cum_min |
+-----------+-------+--------+--------------------+---------+
| sales | 1 | 5000 | 5000.0 | 5000 |
| personnel | 2 | 3900 | 3866.6666666666665 | 3900 |
| sales | 3 | 4800 | 4700.0 | 3900 |
| sales | 4 | 4800 | 4866.666666666667 | 3900 |
| personnel | 5 | 3500 | 3700.0 | 3500 |
| develop | 7 | 4200 | 4200.0 | 3500 |
| develop | 8 | 6000 | 5600.0 | 3500 |
| develop | 9 | 4500 | 4500.0 | 3500 |
| develop | 10 | 5200 | 5133.333333333333 | 3500 |
| develop | 11 | 5200 | 5466.666666666667 | 3500 |
+-----------+-------+--------+--------------------+---------+
```
When a query involves multiple window functions, it is possible to write out each one with a separate OVER clause, but this is duplicative and error-prone if the same windowing behavior is wanted for several functions. Instead, each windowing behavior can be named in a WINDOW clause and then referenced in OVER. For example:
```sql
SELECT sum(salary) OVER w, avg(salary) OVER w
FROM empsalary
WINDOW w AS (PARTITION BY depname ORDER BY salary DESC);
```
## Syntax
The syntax for the OVER-clause is
```sql
function([expr])
OVER(
[PARTITION BY expr[, …]]
[ORDER BY expr [ ASC | DESC ][, …]]
[ frame_clause ]
)
```
where **frame_clause** is one of:
```sql
{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } frame_start
{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } BETWEEN frame_start AND frame_end
```
and **frame_start** and **frame_end** can be one of
```sql
UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
offset PRECEDING
CURRENT ROW
offset FOLLOWING
UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
```
where **offset** is an non-negative integer.
RANGE and GROUPS modes require an ORDER BY clause (with RANGE the ORDER BY must specify exactly one column).
## Filter clause for aggregate window functions
Aggregate window functions support the SQL `FILTER (WHERE ...)` clause to include only rows that satisfy the predicate from the window frame in the aggregation.
```sql
sum(salary) FILTER (WHERE salary > 0)
OVER (PARTITION BY depname ORDER BY salary ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW)
```
If no rows in the frame satisfy the filter for a given output row, `COUNT` yields `0` while `SUM`/`AVG`/`MIN`/`MAX` yield `NULL`.
## Aggregate functions
All [aggregate functions](aggregate_functions.md) can be used as window functions.
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