sum/Sum

sum/Sum — Static and dynamic aggregate functions for sum

SYNOPSIS

Sum (expr )

sum (expr )

DESCRIPTION

The function name is case-sensitive. The Title-cased syntax is for static (table-based) aggregation. The lower-cased syntax is for dynamic (query-based) aggregation. See Data Aggregation for more information on aggregation in LiveView.

Computes a value for each record from the base table and returns the sum of those values. Expression expr must be a StreamBase expression of numerical type. The returned sum is a value of that type.

EXAMPLE

This example shows you how to find the sum of the remaining quantities for groups of items.

Load and run the Hello LiveView sample as delivered with LiveView. Follow these steps:

  1. Start StreamBase Studio in the SB Authoring perspective.

  2. Load the Hello LiveView sample.

    1. Select File → Load StreamBase Sample from Studio's top-level menu.

    2. In the Load StreamBase Projects dialog, open the StreamBase LiveView category.

    3. Select the sample whose description is Shows a simple Hello World application and press OK.

    The Hello LiveView sample loads into Studio with the project name sample_lv-helloliveview.

  3. In the Package Explorer view, select the name of the project, right-click, and from the context menu, select Run As → StreamBase LiveView Project. The Console view shows several messages as the LiveView Server compiles the project and starts.

  4. When you see message All tables have been loaded in the Console view, start LiveView Desktop:

    • On Windows, run Start → All Programs → StreamBase LiveView n.m → LiveView Desktop.

    • On Linux, run the following command: 

      /opt/streambase/liveview/desktop/liveview &

    This opens the LiveView Desktop start dialog.

  5. In the LiveView Desktop start dialog, select the radio button for Download and click Select.

  6. Select the workspace named Hello LiveView and version Latest (1.0).

  7. Click OK. This returns you to the LiveView Desktop start dialog. The Download field now contains Hello LiveView (Latest).

  8. Click OK.

Now you can create a query that finds the sum of the quantityRemaining field from the Items table, grouping by category and color. Follow these steps:

  1. Select the ItemsSales table from the Tables pane of the LiveView Tables view.

  2. In the Query on Items pane, enter the following:

    1. In the Select window, enter: 

      category AS myCategory, Items as MyItem, sum(quantityRemaining) AS totalQty

    2. In the Query window, enter the following: 

      group by category, Item

    3. Click Start New Query.