Categories:: Window functions (Ranking)

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 explicit window frames.

Examples¶

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

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+------+--------+------------+
|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|
+------+--------+------------+