GROUP BY clause

Description

The GROUP BY clause identifies the grouping columns for the query. Grouping columns must be declared when the query computes aggregates with standard functions such as SUM, AVG, and COUNT. (Redshift SQL Language Reference GROUP BY Clause)

The GROUP BY clause is fully supported in Snowflake.

Grammar Syntax

GROUP BY group_by_clause [, ...]

group_by_clause := {
    expr |
    GROUPING SETS ( () | group_by_clause [, ...] ) |
    ROLLUP ( expr [, ...] ) |
    CUBE ( expr [, ...] )
    }

Sample Source Patterns

Grouping sets

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE employee (
  id INT,
  name VARCHAR(20),
  manager_id INT
);
  
INSERT INTO employee(id, name, manager_id) VALUES
(100, 'Carlos', null),
(101, 'John', 100),
(102, 'Jorge', 101),
(103, 'Kwaku', 101),
(110, 'Liu', 101),
(106, 'Mateo', 102),
(110, 'Nikki', 103),
(104, 'Paulo', 103),
(105, 'Richard', 103),
(120, 'Saanvi', 104),
(200, 'Shirley', 104),
(201, 'Sofía', 102),
(205, 'Zhang', 104);

SELECT 
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM employee
GROUP BY GROUPING SETS 
    ((manager_id), ())
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE employee (
  id INT,
  name VARCHAR(20),
  manager_id INT
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "11/05/2024",  "domain": "test" }}';

INSERT INTO employee (id, name, manager_id) VALUES
(100, 'Carlos', null),
(101, 'John', 100),
(102, 'Jorge', 101),
(103, 'Kwaku', 101),
(110, 'Liu', 101),
(106, 'Mateo', 102),
(110, 'Nikki', 103),
(104, 'Paulo', 103),
(105, 'Richard', 103),
(120, 'Saanvi', 104),
(200, 'Shirley', 104),
(201, 'Sofía', 102),
(205, 'Zhang', 104);

SELECT
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM
    employee
GROUP BY GROUPING SETS
    ((manager_id), ())
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Group by Cube

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_02.sql

SELECT
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM
    employee
GROUP BY CUBE(manager_id)
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_02.sql

SELECT
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM
    employee
GROUP BY CUBE(manager_id)
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Group by Rollup

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_03.sql

SELECT
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM
    employee
GROUP BY ROLLUP(manager_id)
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_03.sql

SELECT
    manager_id,
    COUNT(id) AS total_employees
FROM
    employee
GROUP BY ROLLUP(manager_id)
ORDER BY manager_id;

Results

MANAGER_ID	TOTAL_EMPLOYEES
100	1
101	3
102	2
103	3
104	3
null	1
null	13

Related EWIs

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