Analytic functions (Transact-SQL)
Applies to:
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Azure SQL Edge
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
SQL Server supports these analytic functions:
- CUME_DIST (Transact-SQL)
- FIRST_VALUE (Transact-SQL)
- LAG (Transact-SQL)
- LAST_VALUE (Transact-SQL)
- LEAD (Transact-SQL)
- PERCENT_RANK (Transact-SQL)
- PERCENTILE_CONT (Transact-SQL)
- PERCENTILE_DISC (Transact-SQL)
Analytic functions calculate an aggregate value based on a group of rows. Unlike aggregate functions, however, analytic functions can return multiple rows for each group. Use analytic functions to compute moving averages, running totals, percentages or top-N results within a group.