WindowSpec

Defines the ordering columns in a WindowSpec.

Defines the ordering columns in a WindowSpec.

Defines the partitioning columns in a WindowSpec.

Defines the partitioning columns in a WindowSpec.

Defines the frame boundaries, from start (inclusive) to end (inclusive).

Both start and end are relative from the current row. For example, "0" means "current row", while "-1" means one off before the current row, and "5" means the five off after the current row.

We recommend users use Window.unboundedPreceding, Window.unboundedFollowing, and Window.currentRow to specify special boundary values, rather than using long values directly.

A range-based boundary is based on the actual value of the ORDER BY expression(s). An offset is used to alter the value of the ORDER BY expression, for instance if the current order by expression has a value of 10 and the lower bound offset is -3, the resulting lower bound for the current row will be 10 - 3 = 7. This however puts a number of constraints on the ORDER BY expressions: there can be only one expression and this expression must have a numerical data type. An exception can be made when the offset is unbounded, because no value modification is needed, in this case multiple and non-numeric ORDER BY expression are allowed.

import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
val df = Seq((1, "a"), (1, "a"), (2, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "b"), (3, "b"))
  .toDF("id", "category")
val byCategoryOrderedById =
  Window.partitionBy('category).orderBy('id).rangeBetween(Window.currentRow, 1)
df.withColumn("sum", sum('id) over byCategoryOrderedById).show()

+---+--------+---+
| id|category|sum|
+---+--------+---+
|  1|       b|  3|
|  2|       b|  5|
|  3|       b|  3|
|  1|       a|  4|
|  1|       a|  4|
|  2|       a|  2|
+---+--------+---+

Defines the frame boundaries, from start (inclusive) to end (inclusive).

Both start and end are relative positions from the current row. For example, "0" means "current row", while "-1" means the row before the current row, and "5" means the fifth row after the current row.

We recommend users use Window.unboundedPreceding, Window.unboundedFollowing, and Window.currentRow to specify special boundary values, rather than using integral values directly.

A row based boundary is based on the position of the row within the partition. An offset indicates the number of rows above or below the current row, the frame for the current row starts or ends. For instance, given a row based sliding frame with a lower bound offset of -1 and a upper bound offset of +2. The frame for row with index 5 would range from index 4 to index 6.

import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
val df = Seq((1, "a"), (1, "a"), (2, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "b"), (3, "b"))
  .toDF("id", "category")
val byCategoryOrderedById =
  Window.partitionBy('category).orderBy('id).rowsBetween(Window.currentRow, 1)
df.withColumn("sum", sum('id) over byCategoryOrderedById).show()

+---+--------+---+
| id|category|sum|
+---+--------+---+
|  1|       b|  3|
|  2|       b|  5|
|  3|       b|  3|
|  1|       a|  2|
|  1|       a|  3|
|  2|       a|  2|
+---+--------+---+

This function has been deprecated in Spark 2.4. See SPARK-25842 for more information.