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Daanse Tutorial - Measure Aggregator Percentile

Data cubes have percentile measures.

Database Schema

The cube defined in this example is based on a single table that stores all the data. The table, named Fact, contains two columns: KEY and VALUE. The KEY column acts as a discriminator, while the VALUE column holds the measurements to be aggregated.

xml
<roma:DatabaseSchema   id="_databaseSchema">
  <tables xsi:type="roma:PhysicalTable" id="_tab" name="Fact">
    <columns xsi:type="roma:PhysicalColumn" id="_col_key" name="KEY"/>
    <columns xsi:type="roma:PhysicalColumn" id="_col" name="VALUE" type="Integer"/>
  </tables>
</roma:DatabaseSchema>

Note: This is only a symbolic example. For the exact definition, see the Definition section.

Ordered Column

Represents a column with specific ordering information used in queries and result sets. OrderedColumn is typically used in OLAP contexts where explicit column ordering is required for query processing or result presentation. OrderedColumn uses ascending by default.

xml
<roma:OrderedColumn  id="_ordered_column_col" column="_col"/>

Note: This is only a symbolic example. For the exact definition, see the Definition section.

Query

This example uses a TableQuery, as it directly references the physical table Fact.

xml
<roma:TableQuery  id="_query" table="_tab"/>

Note: This is only a symbolic example. For the exact definition, see the Definition section.

Cube, MeasureGroup and Multiple Percentile Aggragator Measures

In this example, multiple measures are defined. All measures reference the VALUE column and use the following aggregation functions:

  • Percentile disc 0.25 – Percentile 'disc' 0.25.
  • Percentile cont 0.25 – Percentile 'cont' 0.25.
  • Percentile disc 0.42 – Percentile 'disc' 0.42.
  • Percentile cont 0.42 – Percentile 'cont' 0.42.
  • Percentile disc 0.5 – Percentile 'disc' 0.5.
  • Percentile cont 0.5 – Percentile 'cont' 0.5.
  • Percentile disc 0.75 – Percentile 'disc' 0.75.
  • Percentile cont 0.75 – Percentile 'cont' 0.75.
  • Percentile disc 1.0 – Percentile 'disc' 1.00.
  • Percentile cont 1.0 – Percentile 'cont' 1.00.
xml
<roma:PhysicalCube   id="_cube" name="MeasuresAggregatorsCube" query="_query">
  <dimensionConnectors foreignKey="roma:PhysicalColumn _col_key" dimension="roma:StandardDimension _diml" overrideDimensionName="Dim" id="_dc_dim"/>
  <measureGroups>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure1" name="Percentile disc 0.25" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.25"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure2" name="Percentile cont 0.25" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.25"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure3" name="Percentile disc 0.42" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.42"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure4" name="Percentile cont 0.42" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.42"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure5" name="Percentile disc 0.5" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.5"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure6" name="Percentile cont 0.5" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.5"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure7" name="Percentile disc 0.75" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.75"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure8" name="Percentile cont 0.75" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.75"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure9" name="Percentile disc 1.00" column="_ordered_column_col"/>
    <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure10" name="Percentile cont 1.00" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont"/>
  </measureGroups>
</roma:PhysicalCube>

Note: This is only a symbolic example. For the exact definition, see the Definition section.

Definition

This file represents the complete definition of the catalog.

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xmi:XMI xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:roma="https://www.daanse.org/spec/org.eclipse.daanse.rolap.mapping">
  <roma:OrderedColumn id="_ordered_column_col" column="_col"/>
  <roma:Catalog description="Percentile aggregation functions" name="Daanse Tutorial - Measure Aggregator Percentile" cubes="_cube" dbschemas="_databaseSchema"/>
  <roma:DatabaseSchema id="_databaseSchema">
    <tables xsi:type="roma:PhysicalTable" id="_tab" name="Fact">
      <columns xsi:type="roma:PhysicalColumn" id="_col_key" name="KEY"/>
      <columns xsi:type="roma:PhysicalColumn" id="_col" name="VALUE" type="Integer"/>
    </tables>
  </roma:DatabaseSchema>
  <roma:TableQuery id="_query" table="_tab"/>
  <roma:Level id="_level" name="Level" column="_col_key"/>
  <roma:ExplicitHierarchy id="_hierarchy_Hierarchy" name="Hierarchy" primaryKey="_col_key" query="_query" levels="_level"/>
  <roma:StandardDimension id="_diml" name="Diml" hierarchies="_hierarchy_Hierarchy"/>
  <roma:PhysicalCube id="_cube" name="MeasuresAggregatorsCube" query="_query">
    <dimensionConnectors foreignKey="_col_key" dimension="_diml" overrideDimensionName="Dim" id="_dc_dim"/>
    <measureGroups>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure1" name="Percentile disc 0.25" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.25"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure2" name="Percentile cont 0.25" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.25"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure3" name="Percentile disc 0.42" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.42"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure4" name="Percentile cont 0.42" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.42"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure5" name="Percentile disc 0.5" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.5"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure6" name="Percentile cont 0.5" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.5"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure7" name="Percentile disc 0.75" column="_ordered_column_col" percentile="0.75"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure8" name="Percentile cont 0.75" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont" percentile="0.75"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure9" name="Percentile disc 1.00" column="_ordered_column_col"/>
      <measures xsi:type="roma:PercentileMeasure" id="_measure10" name="Percentile cont 1.00" column="_ordered_column_col" percentType="cont"/>
    </measureGroups>
  </roma:PhysicalCube>
</xmi:XMI>

Tutorial Zip

This file contains the data-tables as csv and the mapping as xmi file.

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