FIRST_VALUE/LAST_VALUE Function Example | Teradata Vantage - 17.10 - Example - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Teradata Vantageā„¢ - SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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The following example returns by start date the salary, moving average (ma), and first and last salary in the moving average group.

The functions are going to return the first/last value in the window. In the example, the first and last rows fall within the window. If the window were between 3 preceding and 2 preceding rows, you would see NULL for first value in the 1st two rows.
SELECT start_date, salary,
       AVG(salary) OVER(ORDER BY start_date
       ROWS BETWEEN 3 PRECEDING AND 1 FOLLOWING) ma,
       FIRST_VALUE(salary) OVER(ORDER BY start_date
       ROWS BETWEEN 3 PRECEDING AND 1 FOLLOWING) first,
       LAST_VALUE(salary) OVER(ORDER BY start_date
       ROWS BETWEEN 3 PRECEDING AND 1 FOLLOWING) last
FROM employee
ORDER BY start_date;
start_date salary ma first last
21-MAR-76 6661.78 6603.280 6661.78 6544.78
12-DEC-78 6544.78 5183.780 6661.78 2344.78
24-OCT-82 2344.78 4471.530 6661.78 2344.78
15-JAN-84 2334.78 4441.780 6661.78 4322.78
30-JUL-87 4322.980 4688.980 6544.78 7897.78
31-DEC-90 7897.78 3626.936 2344.78 1234.56
25-JUL-96 1234.56 3404.536 2334.78 1232.78
17-SEP-96 1232.78 3671.975 4322.78 1232.78