[OBIEE] Percentile And Rank In OBIEE

 

Percentile and Rank in OBIEE

PERCENTILE

This function calculates a percent rank for each value satisfying the numeric expression argument. The percentile rank ranges are from 0 (1st percentile) to 1 (100th percentile), inclusive.

The percentile is calculated based on the values in the result set.

Syntax

PERCENTILE(numExpr)

Where:
numExpr is any expression that evaluates to a numeric value.

The PERCENTILE function resets its values for each group in the query according to specific rules.

RANK

This function calculates the rank for each value satisfying the numeric expression argument. The highest number is assigned a rank of 1, and each successive rank is assigned the next consecutive integer (2, 3, 4,...). If certain values are equal, they are assigned the same rank (for example, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 5, 7...).

The rank is calculated based on the values in the result set.

Syntax

RANK(numExpr)

Where:
numExpr is any expression that evaluates to a numeric value.

The RANK function resets its values for each group in the query according to specific rules.