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Window Functions (Rank-related)

CUME_DIST¶

Finds the cumulative distribution of a value with regard to other values within the same window partition.

Syntax¶

CUME_DIST() OVER ( [ PARTITION BY <partition_expr> ] ORDER BY <order_expr>  [ ASC | DESC ] )
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Arguments¶

partition_expr

This is the optional expression to use to group rows into partitions.

order_expr

This expression specifies the order of the rows within each partition.

Returns¶

The data type of the returned value is DOUBLE.

Usage Notes¶

The CUME_DIST function does not support:

  • Cumulative frame windows.

  • Sliding frame windows.

Examples¶

SELECT
  symbol,
  exchange,
  cume_dist() OVER (PARTITION BY exchange ORDER BY price) AS cume_dist
FROM trades;

+------+--------+------------+
|symbol|exchange|CUME_DIST   |
+------+--------+------------+
|SPY   |C       |0.3333333333|
|AAPL  |C       |         1.0|
|AAPL  |C       |         1.0|
|YHOO  |N       |0.1666666667|
|QQQ   |N       |         0.5|
|QQQ   |N       |         0.5|
|SPY   |N       |0.8333333333|
|SPY   |N       |0.8333333333|
|AAPL  |N       |         1.0|
|YHOO  |Q       |0.3333333333|
|YHOO  |Q       |0.3333333333|
|MSFT  |Q       |0.6666666667|
|MSFT  |Q       |0.6666666667|
|QQQ   |Q       |         1.0|
|QQQ   |Q       |         1.0|
|YHOO  |P       |         0.2|
|MSFT  |P       |         0.6|
|MSFT  |P       |         0.6|
|SPY   |P       |         0.8|
|AAPL  |P       |         1.0|
+------+--------+------------+
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