Reputation: 91
I have a question.
I have a sql command that is getting the moving average for each day using window functions.
BEGIN;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS vol_stats;
SELECT pk as fk,
avg(CAST(volume as FLOAT)) over (partition by account_id order by "endts") as average,
INTO vol_stats
from volume_temp
order by account_id, "endts";
COMMIT;
I would like to get one more value and that is the previous days' value.
The data structure looks like this.
acccount_id | value | timestamp
-------------------------------
a12 | 122 | jan 1
a13 | 133 | jan 1
a14 | 443 | jan 1
a12 | 251 | jan 2
a13 | 122 | jan 2
a14 | 331 | jan 2
a12 | 412 | jan 3
a13 | 323 | jan 3
a14 | 432 | jan 3
and we are computing this
acccount_id | value | timestamp | Average
-----------------------------------------
a12 | 122 | jan 1 | 122
a13 | 133 | jan 1 | 133
a14 | 443 | jan 1 | 443
a12 | 251 | jan 2 | 188.5
a13 | 122 | jan 2 | 222.5
a14 | 331 | jan 2 | 387
a12 | 412 | jan 3 | 261.6
a13 | 323 | jan 3 | 192.6
a14 | 432 | jan 3 | 402
What would be helpful would be to grab the previous days' value as well. Like this.
acccount_id | value | timestamp | Average | previous
-----------------------------------------
a12 | 122 | jan 1 | 122 | null
a13 | 133 | jan 1 | 133 | null
a14 | 443 | jan 1 | 443 | null
a12 | 251 | jan 2 | 188.5 | 122
a13 | 122 | jan 2 | 222.5 | 133
a14 | 331 | jan 2 | 387 | 443
a12 | 412 | jan 3 | 261.6 | 251
a13 | 323 | jan 3 | 192.6 | 122
a14 | 432 | jan 3 | 402 | 331
Upvotes: 0
Views: 436
Reputation: 246268
Just add another column to the SELECT
list:
lag(volume) OVER (PARTITION BY account_id ORDER BY endts)
Upvotes: 1