NTILE

Equally splits the rows in each partition into ranked parts specified by the integer value and starting from 1. This function requires the ORDER BY clause.

Syntax

NTILE(buckets) OVER (PARTITION BY partition_expression ORDER BY order_expression) → int

• buckets: A positive integer literal.

• partition_expression: An expression that groups rows into partitions.

• order_expression: An expression that specifies the order of the rows within each partition.

Examples

NTILE example

SELECT "Category", 
  "Descript", 
  "DayOfWeek",
  NTILE(1) 
    OVER (
      PARTITION BY "Category" 
      ORDER BY "DayOfWeek")
FROM eth.recent_blocks 

-- Category, Descript, DayOfWeek, EXPR$3
-- ARSON, ARSON, Friday, 1 
-- EMBEZZLEMENT, EMBEZZLED VEHICLE, Friday, 1