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ROWNUMBER Function

Generates a new column containing the row number as sorted by the order parameter and optionally grouped by the group parameter.

Tip

To generate row identifiers by the original order in the source data, use the $sourcerownumber reference. See Source Metadata References.

This function works with the following transforms:

Wrangle vs. SQL: This function is part of Wrangle, a proprietary data transformation language. Wrangle is not SQL. For more information, see Wrangle Language.

Basic Usage

Example:

rownumber()

Output: Returns the row number of each row.

Example with grouping:

rownumber() order:Date group:QTR

Output: Returns the row number of each row as ordered by the values in the Date column grouped by the QTR values. For each quarter value, the row number counter resets.

Syntax and Arguments

rownumber() order: order_col [group: group_col]

For more information on the order and group parameters, see Window Transform.

For more information on syntax standards, see Language Documentation Syntax Notes.

Examples

Tip

For additional examples, see Common Tasks.

Example - Rolling window functions

This example describes how to use rolling computational functions.

Functions:

Item

Description

ROLLINGSUM Function

Computes the rolling sum of values forward or backward of the current row within the specified column.

ROLLINGAVERAGE Function

Computes the rolling average of values forward or backward of the current row within the specified column.

ROWNUMBER Function

Generates a new column containing the row number as sorted by the order parameter and optionally grouped by the group parameter.

Also:

Item

Description

MONTH Function

Derives the month integer value from a Datetime value. Source value can be a a reference to a column containing Datetime values or a literal.

FLOOR Function

Computes the largest integer that is not more than the input value. Input can be an Integer, a Decimal, a column reference, or an expression.

ROWNUMBER Function

Generates a new column containing the row number as sorted by the order parameter and optionally grouped by the group parameter.

The following dataset contains sales data over the final quarter of the year.

Source:

Date

Sales

10/2/16

200

10/9/16

500

10/16/16

350

10/23/16

400

10/30/16

190

11/6/16

550

11/13/16

610

11/20/16

480

11/27/16

660

12/4/16

690

12/11/16

810

12/18/16

950

12/25/16

1020

1/1/17

680

Transformation:

First, you want to maintain the row information as a separate column. Since data is ordered already by the Date column, you can use the following:

Transformation Name

Window

Parameter: Formulas

ROWNUMBER()

Parameter: Order by

Date

Rename this column to rowId for week of quarter.

Now, you want to extract month and week information from the Date values. Deriving the month value:

Transformation Name

New formula

Parameter: Formula type

Single row formula

Parameter: Formula

MONTH(Date)

Parameter: New column name

'Month'

Deriving the quarter value:

Transformation Name

New formula

Parameter: Formula type

Single row formula

Parameter: Formula

(1 + FLOOR(((month-1)/3)))

Parameter: New column name

'QTR'

Deriving the week-of-quarter value:

Transformation Name

Window

Parameter: Formulas

ROWNUMBER()

Parameter: Group by

QTR

Parameter: Order by

Date

Rename this column WOQ (week of quarter).

Deriving the week-of-month value:

Transformation Name

Window

Parameter: Formulas

ROWNUMBER()

Parameter: Group by

Month

Parameter: Order by

Date

Rename this column WOM (week of month).

Now, you perform your rolling computations. Compute the running total of sales using the following:

Transformation Name

Window

Parameter: Formulas

ROLLINGSUM(Sales, -1, 0)

Parameter: Group by

QTR

Parameter: Order by

Date

The -1 parameter is used in the above computation to gather the rolling sum of all rows of data from the current one to the first one. Note that the use of the QTR column for grouping, which moves the value for the 01/01/2017 into its own computational bucket. This may or may not be preferred.

Rename this column QTD (quarter to-date). Now, generate a similar column to compute the rolling average of weekly sales for the quarter:

Transformation Name

Window

Parameter: Formulas

ROUND(ROLLINGAVERAGE(Sales, -1, 0))

Parameter: Group by

QTR

Parameter: Order by

Date

Since the ROLLINGAVERAGE function can compute fractional values, it is wrapped in the ROUND function for neatness. Rename this column avgWeekByQuarter.

Results:

When the unnecessary columns are dropped and some reordering is applied, your dataset should look like the following:

Date

WOQ

Sales

QTD

avgWeekByQuarter

10/2/16

1

200

200

200

10/9/16

2

500

700

350

10/16/16

3

350

1050

350

10/23/16

4

400

1450

363

10/30/16

5

190

1640

328

11/6/16

6

550

2190

365

11/13/16

7

610

2800

400

11/20/16

8

480

3280

410

11/27/16

9

660

3940

438

12/4/16

10

690

4630

463

12/11/16

11

810

5440

495

12/18/16

12

950

6390

533

12/25/16

13

1020

7410

570

1/1/17

1

680

680

680