nPath Function Results Example | Teradata Vantage - nPath Results Example: Combine Values from One Row with Values from the Next Row - Teradata® Database

Database Analytic Functions

Product
Teradata® Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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previous
Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Input

The input table is clickstream, as in nPath Filters Example.

SQL Call

SELECT * FROM nPath (
  ON clickstream PARTITION BY userid ORDER BY userid, sessionid, clicktime
  USING
  Mode (OVERLAPPING)
  Pattern ('A.B')
  Symbols (TRUE AS A, TRUE AS B)
  Result (
    FIRST (sessionid OF A) AS sessionid,
    FIRST (pagetype OF A) AS pageid,
    FIRST (pagetype OF B) AS next_pageid
  )
) ORDER BY sessionid;

Output

sessionid pageid next_pageid
1 home view
1 view view
1 checkout view
1 checkout checkout
1 view checkout
1 view view
2 checkout view
2 home view
2 view view
2 view checkout