16.20 - Using ANSI Window Functions Instead of QUANTILE - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
16.20
Published
March 2019
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2020-03-25
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The use of QUANTILE is strongly discouraged. It is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard and is retained only for backward compatibility with existing applications.

To compute QUANTILE(q, s) using ANSI window functions, use the following:

   (RANK() OVER (ORDER BY s) - 1) * q / COUNT(*) OVER()