Group By

Description

The GROUP BY clause is used to group the rows based on a set of specified grouping expressions and compute aggregations on the group of rows based on one or more specified aggregate functions. Databricks SQL also supports advanced aggregations to do multiple aggregations for the same input record set via GROUPING SETS, CUBE, ROLLUP clauses. The grouping expressions and advanced aggregations can be mixed in the GROUP BY clause and nested in a GROUPING SETS clause. (Databricks SQL Language Reference GROUP BY)

Groups rows with the same group-by-item expressions and computes aggregate functions for the resulting group. A GROUP BY expression can be:

  • A column name.

  • A number referencing a position in the SELECT list.

  • A general expression.

Extensions:

GROUP BY CUBE , GROUP BY GROUPING SETS , GROUP BY ROLLUP

(Snowflake SQL Language Reference GROUP BY)

Syntax

GROUP BY ALL

GROUP BY group_expression [, ...] [ WITH ROLLUP | WITH CUBE ]

GROUP BY { group_expression | { ROLLUP | CUBE | GROUPING SETS } ( grouping_set [, ...] ) } [, ...]

grouping_set
   { expression |
     ( [ expression [, ...] ] ) }

Sample Source Patterns

Setup data

Databricks

CREATE TEMP VIEW dealer (id, city, car_model, quantity) AS
VALUES (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda Civic', 10),
       (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda Accord', 15),
       (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda CRV', 7),
       (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda Civic', 20),
       (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda Accord', 10),
       (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda CRV', 3),
       (300, 'San Jose', 'Honda Civic', 5),
       (300, 'San Jose', 'Honda Accord', 8);

Snowflake

CREATE TEMP TABLE dealer (id INT, city STRING, car_model STRING, quantity INT);
INSERT INTO dealer VALUES
        (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda Civic', 10),
        (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda Accord', 15),
        (100, 'Fremont', 'Honda CRV', 7),
        (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda Civic', 20),
        (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda Accord', 10),
        (200, 'Dublin', 'Honda CRV', 3),
        (300, 'San Jose', 'Honda Civic', 5),
        (300, 'San Jose', 'Honda Accord', 8);

Pattern code

Databricks

-- 1. Sum of quantity per dealership. Group by `id`.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) FROM dealer GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 2. Use column position in GROUP by clause.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) FROM dealer GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;

-- 3. Multiple aggregations.
-- 3.1. Sum of quantity per dealership.
-- 3.2. Max quantity per dealership.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) AS sum, max(quantity) AS max
    FROM dealer GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 4. Count the number of distinct dealers in cities per car_model.
SELECT car_model, count(DISTINCT city) AS count FROM dealer GROUP BY car_model;

-- 5. Count the number of distinct dealers in cities per car_model, using GROUP BY ALL
SELECT car_model, count(DISTINCT city) AS count FROM dealer GROUP BY ALL;

-- 6. Sum of only 'Honda Civic' and 'Honda CRV' quantities per dealership.
SELECT id,
         sum(quantity) FILTER (WHERE car_model IN ('Honda Civic', 'Honda CRV')) AS `sum(quantity)`
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 7. Aggregations using multiple sets of grouping columns in a single statement.
-- Following performs aggregations based on four sets of grouping columns.
-- 7.1. city, car_model
-- 7.2. city
-- 7.3. car_model
-- 7.4. Empty grouping set. Returns quantities for all city and car models.
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), (car_model), ())
    ORDER BY city;

-- 8.Group by processing with `ROLLUP` clause.
-- Equivalent GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), ())
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY city, car_model WITH ROLLUP
    ORDER BY city, car_model;

-- 9. Group by processing with `CUBE` clause.
-- Equivalent GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), (car_model), ())
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY city, car_model WITH CUBE
    ORDER BY city, car_model;

Snowflake

-- 1. Sum of quantity per dealership. Group by `id`.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) FROM dealer GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 2. Use column position in GROUP by clause.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) FROM dealer GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;

-- 3. Multiple aggregations.
-- 3.1. Sum of quantity per dealership.
-- 3.2. Max quantity per dealership.
SELECT id, sum(quantity) AS sum, max(quantity) AS max
    FROM dealer GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 4. Count the number of distinct dealers in cities per car_model.
SELECT car_model, count(DISTINCT city) AS count FROM dealer GROUP BY car_model;

-- 5. Count the number of distinct dealers in cities per car_model, using GROUP BY ALL
SELECT car_model, count(DISTINCT city) AS count FROM dealer GROUP BY ALL;

-- 6. Sum of only 'Honda Civic' and 'Honda CRV' quantities per dealership.
SELECT 
    id,
    SUM(CASE WHEN car_model='Honda Civic' OR car_model='Honda CRV' THEN quantity ELSE NULL END) AS `sum(quantity)`
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY id ORDER BY id;

-- 7. Aggregations using multiple sets of grouping columns in a single statement.
-- Following performs aggregations based on four sets of grouping columns.
-- 7.1. city, car_model
-- 7.2. city
-- 7.3. car_model
-- 7.4. Empty grouping set. Returns quantities for all city and car models.
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), (car_model), ())
    ORDER BY city NULLS FIRST;
 

-- 8. Group by processing with `ROLLUP` clause.
-- Equivalent GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), ())
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY ROLLUP (city, car_model)
    ORDER BY city NULLS FIRST, car_model NULLS FIRST;

-- 9. Group by processing with `CUBE` clause.
-- Equivalent GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((city, car_model), (city), (car_model), ())
SELECT city, car_model, sum(quantity) AS sum
    FROM dealer
    GROUP BY CUBE (city, car_model)
    ORDER BY city NULLS FIRST, car_model NULLS FIRST;

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