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Flo_Rod
Cloud Apps
03-12-2024
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Using Rankdesc to create a custom Column

Hi,  I am a sisense newbie. I am trying to create a custom column in the data model to rank latest week and other weeks from latest to oldest. I am using a live model connected to a snowflake databa...
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  • DRay's avatar
    DRay
    03-12-2024

    Hi Flo_Rod,

    Thank you. Queries against a Live Data Source use the data source syntax, not the Sisense syntax. Here is the Snowflake documentation for RANK. Can you take a look at that and let us know if it helps?

    Thank you.

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    Flo_Rod
    03-12-2024

    Thank you DRay I ended up changing the SQL query  in the data model. The function I used was:
    DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY PURCHASE_DATE DESC) AS CC_PURCHASE_DATE_RANK
     This created the custom column I required.

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DRay
Admin
03-12-2024

Hi Flo_Rod,

Thank you. Queries against a Live Data Source use the data source syntax, not the Sisense syntax. Here is the Snowflake documentation for RANK. Can you take a look at that and let us know if it helps?

Thank you.

Flo_Rod's avatar
Flo_Rod
Cloud Apps
03-12-2024

Thank you DRay I ended up changing the SQL query  in the data model. The function I used was:
DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY PURCHASE_DATE DESC) AS CC_PURCHASE_DATE_RANK
 This created the custom column I required.