SUMMARIZE_NUMCOL

Returns a statistical summary of columns in a Vertica table:

  • Count
  • Mean
  • Standard deviation
  • Min/max values
  • Percentile information
  • Median

All summary values are FLOAT data types, except INTEGER for count.

Syntax

SUMMARIZE_NUMCOL (input‑columns  
                  [ USING PARAMETERS exclude_columns='excluded‑columns'] ) 
                 OVER()

Arguments

input‑columns

Comma-separated list of columns to use from the input relation, or asterisk (*) to select all columns. All columns must be a numeric data type. If you select all columns, SUMMARIZE_NUMCOL normalizes all columns in the model

Parameter Settings

Parameter name Set to…
exclude_columns

Comma-separated list of column names from input‑columns to exclude from processing.

Examples

Show the statistical summary for the age and salary columns in the employee table: 

=> SELECT SUMMARIZE_NUMCOL(* USING PARAMETERS exclude_columns='id,name,gender,title') OVER() FROM employee;
COLUMN         | COUNT |    MEAN    |      STDDEV      |  MIN    | PERC25  | MEDIAN  |  PERC75   |  MAX
---------------+-------+------------+------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+--------
age            |     5 |    63.4    | 19.3209730603818 |      44 |      45 |      67 |      71   |     90
salary         |     5 | 3456.76    | 1756.78754300285 | 1234.56 | 2345.67 | 3456.78 | 4567.89   | 5678.9
(2 rows)