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Window functions overview
Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
Window functions operate on multiple rows (records) in a row set at a time. Unlike aggregation functions, window functions require that the rows in the row set be serialized (have a specific order to them). Window functions may depend on the order to determine the result.
Window functions can only be used on serialized sets. The easiest way to serialize a row set is to use the serialize operator. This operator "freezes" the order of rows in an arbitrary manner. If the order of serialized rows is semantically important, use the sort operator to force a particular order.
The serialization process has a non-trivial cost associated with it. For example, it might prevent query parallelism in many scenarios. Therefore, don't apply serialization unnecessarily. If necessary, rearrange the query to perform serialization on the smallest row set possible.
Serialized row set
An arbitrary row set (such as a table, or the output of a tabular operator) can be serialized in one of the following ways:
- By sorting the row set. See below for a list of operators that emit sorted row sets.
- By using the serialize operator.
Many tabular operators serialize output whenever the input is already serialized, even if the operator doesn't itself guarantee that the result is serialized. For example, this property is guaranteed for the extend operator, the project operator, and the where operator.