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MEDIAN

Categories: Percentile

MEDIAN

Computes the median of a dataset.

Syntax​

MEDIAN(order_by_expression numeric) → double precision​

  • order_by_expression: The expression to sort and compute the median for.

Examples

MEDIAN example
SELECT MEDIAN(pop) FROM Samples."samples.dremio.com"."zips.json"
-- EXPR$0
-- 2783.0

Usage Notes​

This function is used with only numeric data types in Dremio. NULL values in the data set are ignored.

This function is equivalent to PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5) WITHIN GROUP(ORDER BY order_by_expression).