WindowSpec -- Window Specification¶

WindowSpec is a window specification that defines which rows are included in a window (frame), i.e. the set of rows that are associated with the current row by some relation.

[[creating-instance]] WindowSpec takes the following when created:

• [[partitionSpec]] Partition specification (Seq[Expression]) which defines which records are in the same partition. With no partition defined, all records belong to a single partition

• [[orderSpec]] Ordering Specification (Seq[SortOrder]) which defines how records in a partition are ordered that in turn defines the position of a record in a partition. The ordering could be ascending (ASC in SQL or asc in Scala) or descending (DESC or desc).

• [[frame]] Frame Specification (WindowFrame) which defines the rows to be included in the frame for the current row, based on their relative position to the current row. For example, "the three rows preceding the current row to the current row" describes a frame including the current input row and three rows appearing before the current row.

You use <> to create a WindowSpec.

[source, scala]¶

import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window scala> val byHTokens = Window.partitionBy('token startsWith "h") byHTokens: org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.WindowSpec = org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.WindowSpec@574985d8

Once the initial version of a WindowSpec is created, you use the <> to further configure the window specification.

[[methods]] .WindowSpec API [cols="1m,3",options="header",width="100%"] |=== | Method | Description

| orderBy a| [[orderBy]]

[source, scala]¶

orderBy(cols: Column*): WindowSpec orderBy(colName: String, colNames: String*): WindowSpec

| partitionBy a| [[partitionBy]]

[source, scala]¶

partitionBy(cols: Column*): WindowSpec partitionBy(colName: String, colNames: String*): WindowSpec

| rangeBetween a| [[rangeBetween]]

[source, scala]¶

rangeBetween(start: Column, end: Column): WindowSpec rangeBetween(start: Long, end: Long): WindowSpec

| rowsBetween a| [[rowsBetween]]

[source, scala]¶

rowsBetween(start: Long, end: Long): WindowSpec¶

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With a window specification fully defined, you use <> operator that associates the WindowSpec with an <> or <> function.

[source, scala]¶

scala> :type windowSpec org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.WindowSpec

import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.rank val c = rank over windowSpec

=== [[withAggregate]] withAggregate Internal Method

[source, scala]¶

withAggregate(aggregate: Column): Column¶

withAggregate...FIXME

NOTE: withAggregate is used exclusively when <> operator is used.