Use the RANK window function to assign row ranks - MaxCompute

RANK is a window function that assigns a rank to each row within a partition based on the ORDER BY clause. Rows with the same sort values receive the same rank, and subsequent ranks skip the tied positions—for example, 1, 2, 2, 4. The ranking sequence may not be consecutive.

Limitations

Window functions are supported only in SELECT statements.
A window function cannot contain nested window functions or nested aggregate functions.
You cannot use window functions together with aggregate functions of the same level.

Syntax

bigint rank() over ([partition_clause] [orderby_clause])

Parameters

partition_clause and orderby_clause: See Window functions for the windowing_definition.

Return value

RANK returns a BIGINT value. The return values may be repeated and non-consecutive—the specific value is the rank of the row within its group. The rank counts from 1.

Rows with the same sort values receive the same rank. RANK then skips as many positions as there are tied rows. For example, if two rows tie for rank 2, the next row is assigned rank 4, not rank 3.
If orderby_clause is not specified, all rows are considered to have the same sort value and all return values are 1.

Sample data

The examples in this topic use an emp table. Create the table and load the sample data as follows:

create table if not exists emp
   (empno bigint,
    ename string,
    job string,
    mgr bigint,
    hiredate datetime,
    sal bigint,
    comm bigint,
    deptno bigint);
tunnel upload emp.txt emp; -- Replace emp.txt with the actual path to the data file.

The emp.txt file contains the following data:

7369,SMITH,CLERK,7902,1980-12-17 00:00:00,800,,20
7499,ALLEN,SALESMAN,7698,1981-02-20 00:00:00,1600,300,30
7521,WARD,SALESMAN,7698,1981-02-22 00:00:00,1250,500,30
7566,JONES,MANAGER,7839,1981-04-02 00:00:00,2975,,20
7654,MARTIN,SALESMAN,7698,1981-09-28 00:00:00,1250,1400,30
7698,BLAKE,MANAGER,7839,1981-05-01 00:00:00,2850,,30
7782,CLARK,MANAGER,7839,1981-06-09 00:00:00,2450,,10
7788,SCOTT,ANALYST,7566,1987-04-19 00:00:00,3000,,20
7839,KING,PRESIDENT,,1981-11-17 00:00:00,5000,,10
7844,TURNER,SALESMAN,7698,1981-09-08 00:00:00,1500,0,30
7876,ADAMS,CLERK,7788,1987-05-23 00:00:00,1100,,20
7900,JAMES,CLERK,7698,1981-12-03 00:00:00,950,,30
7902,FORD,ANALYST,7566,1981-12-03 00:00:00,3000,,20
7934,MILLER,CLERK,7782,1982-01-23 00:00:00,1300,,10
7948,JACCKA,CLERK,7782,1981-04-12 00:00:00,5000,,10
7956,WELAN,CLERK,7649,1982-07-20 00:00:00,2450,,10
7956,TEBAGE,CLERK,7748,1982-12-30 00:00:00,1300,,10

Example

Group employees by deptno and rank them within each department in descending order by salary.

select deptno, ename, sal, rank() over (partition by deptno order by sal desc) as nums from emp;

Output:

+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| deptno     | ename      | sal        | nums       |
+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| 10         | JACCKA     | 5000       | 1          |
| 10         | KING       | 5000       | 1          |
| 10         | CLARK      | 2450       | 3          |
| 10         | WELAN      | 2450       | 3          |
| 10         | TEBAGE     | 1300       | 5          |
| 10         | MILLER     | 1300       | 5          |
| 20         | SCOTT      | 3000       | 1          |
| 20         | FORD       | 3000       | 1          |
| 20         | JONES      | 2975       | 3          |
| 20         | ADAMS      | 1100       | 4          |
| 20         | SMITH      | 800        | 5          |
| 30         | BLAKE      | 2850       | 1          |
| 30         | ALLEN      | 1600       | 2          |
| 30         | TURNER     | 1500       | 3          |
| 30         | MARTIN     | 1250       | 4          |
| 30         | WARD       | 1250       | 4          |
| 30         | JAMES      | 950        | 6          |
+------------+------------+------------+------------+

What's next

For other functions that rank or sort values within a window, see Window functions.