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Window Functions
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Window functions perform calculations across rows of the query result.
They run after the ``HAVING`` clause but before the ``ORDER BY`` clause.
Invoking a window function requires special syntax using the ``OVER``
clause to specify the window. A window has three components:

* The partition specification, which separates the input rows into different
  partitions. This is analogous to how the ``GROUP BY`` clause separates rows
  into different groups for aggregate functions.
* The ordering specification, which determines the order in which input rows
  will be processed by the window function.
* The window frame, which specifies a sliding window of rows to be processed
  by the function for a given row. If the frame is not specified, it defaults
  to ``RANGE UNBOUNDED PRECEDING``, which is the same as
  ``RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW``. This frame contains all
  rows from the start of the partition up to the last peer of the current row.

For example, the following query ranks orders for each clerk by price::

    SELECT orderkey, clerk, totalprice,
           rank() OVER (PARTITION BY clerk
                        ORDER BY totalprice DESC) AS rnk
    FROM orders
    ORDER BY clerk, rnk

Aggregate Functions
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All :doc:`aggregate` can be used as window functions by adding the ``OVER``
clause. The aggregate function is computed for each row over the rows within
the current row's window frame.

For example, the following query produces a rolling sum of order prices
by day for each clerk::

    SELECT clerk, orderdate, orderkey, totalprice,
           sum(totalprice) OVER (PARTITION BY clerk
                                 ORDER BY orderdate) AS rolling_sum
    FROM orders
    ORDER BY clerk, orderdate, orderkey

Ranking Functions
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.. function:: cume_dist() -> bigint

    Returns the cumulative distribution of a value in a group of values.
    The result is the number of rows preceding or peer with the row in the
    window ordering of the window partition divided by the total number of
    rows in the window partition. Thus, any tie values in the ordering will
    evaluate to the same distribution value.

.. function:: dense_rank() -> bigint

    Returns the rank of a value in a group of values. This is similar to
    :func:`rank`, except that tie values do not produce gaps in the sequence.

.. function:: ntile(n) -> bigint

    Divides the rows for each window partition into ``n`` buckets ranging
    from ``1`` to at most ``n``. Bucket values will differ by at most ``1``.
    If the number of rows in the partition does not divide evenly into the
    number of buckets, then the remainder values are distributed one per
    bucket, starting with the first bucket.

    For example, with ``6`` rows and ``4`` buckets, the bucket values would
    be as follows: ``1`` ``1`` ``2`` ``2`` ``3`` ``4``

.. function:: percent_rank() -> bigint

    Returns the percentage ranking of a value in group of values. The result
    is ``(r - 1) / (n - 1)`` where ``r`` is the :func:`rank` of the row and
    ``n`` is the total number of rows in the window partition.

.. function:: rank() -> bigint

    Returns the rank of a value in a group of values. The rank is one plus
    the number of rows preceding the row that are not peer with the row.
    Thus, tie values in the ordering will produce gaps in the sequence.
    The ranking is performed for each window partition.

.. function:: row_number() -> bigint

    Returns a unique, sequential number for each row, starting with one,
    according to the ordering of rows within the window partition.

Value Functions
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.. function:: first_value(x) -> [same as input]

    Returns the first value of the window.

.. function:: last_value(x) -> [same as input]

    Returns the last value of the window.

.. function:: nth_value(x, offset) -> [same as input]

    Returns the value at the specified offset from beginning the window.
    Offsets start at ``1``. The offset can be any scalar
    expression.  If the offset is null or greater than the number of values in
    the window, null is returned.  It is an error for the offset to be zero or
    negative.

.. function:: lead(x[, offset [, default_value]]) -> [same as input]

    Returns the value at ``offset`` rows after the current row in the window.
    Offsets start at ``0``, which is the current row. The
    offset can be any scalar expression.  The default ``offset`` is ``1``. If the
    offset is null or larger than the window, the ``default_value`` is returned,
    or if it is not specified ``null`` is returned.

.. function:: lag(x[, offset [, default_value]]) -> [same as input]

    Returns the value at ``offset`` rows before the current row in the window
    Offsets start at ``0``, which is the current row.  The
    offset can be any scalar expression.  The default ``offset`` is ``1``. If the
    offset is null or larger than the window, the ``default_value`` is returned,
    or if it is not specified ``null`` is returned.
