Calculate lift for every row and compare it with the average lift of region and year

Question

I have a table that looks like the one below:

Shop	Year	Region	Waste	Avg Waste (Year,Region)	Lift	Column_I_want_To_Calculate (apply case when statements) CASE WHEN Lift > Avg(Lift) OVER (PARTITION BY YEAR, REGION) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
a	2021	CA	10	15 =>(10+20)/2	0.67 => 10/15	0.67 < (0.67+1.34)/2 = 1.005 THEN 0
b	2021	CA	20	15=> (10+20)/2	1.34 => 20/15	1.34 > (0.67+1.34)/2 = 1.005 THEN 1
c	2021	FL	8	8 => 8/1	8/8	8 = 8 THEN 0
d	2020	LA	25	22 => (25+19)/2	0.88 => 25/22	0.88 > (0.88+0.87)/2 = 0.875 THEN 1
e	2020	LA	19	22 => (25+19)/2	0.87 => 19/22	0.87 < (0.88+0.87)/2 = 0.875 THEN 0
f	2019	NY	35	35	35/35	35 = 35 THEN 0

So far I have calculated the columns Shop, Year, Region, Waste, Avg Waste (Year, Region), Lift. I want to calculate the one marked as Column_I_want_To_Calculate.

Briefly, it computes the average lift per Region and Year and compares Shops' Lift with the Average Lift of all shops in the same Region and Year. Then assigns the value 1 or 0 in case of a greater than statement.

So far I have tried (PostgreSQL),

SELECT  shop
        ,year
        ,region
        ,waste
        ,AVG(waste) over (partition by year, region) as "Avg Waste (Year,Region)"
        ,waste/avg(waste) over (partition by year, region) AS Lift,
        ,CASE WHEN waste/avg(waste) over (partition by year, region) > 
           (SELECT tab2.avg_lift 
            FROM (
              SELECT tab1.year, tab1.region, AVG(tab1.lift) OVER (PARTITION BY tab1.year, tab1.region) avg_lift
              FROM (
                  SELECT year, region, waste/ avg(waste) over (partition by year, region) AS lift
                  FROM main_table
                  GROUP BY year,region,waste
                  ORDER BY lift DESC
              ) tab1
              GROUP BY tab1.year, tab1.region, tab1.lift
           ) tab2
        ) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS "Column_I_want_To_Calculate"
FROM main_table
GROUP BY shop,
         year,
         nomos,
         waste
;

However, the code above throws the exception

postgresql error: more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression

Looks like 22/25 should be 25/22, just like the rest: The number of waste and the average waste. Correct? — Frank Heikens, Jul 01 '22 at 10:28
@FrankHeikens Yes, my mistake. Ty for pointing it. I will correct it :) — NikSp, Jul 01 '22 at 11:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '22 at 10:32

3

This one returns the required output based on your input:

SELECT  
        region
    ,   shop
    ,   waste
    ,   round(AVG(waste) OVER w,2) AS avg_waste
    ,   round(waste / AVG(waste) OVER w,2) AS lift
    ,   CASE
            WHEN waste > AVG(waste) OVER w THEN 1
            ELSE 0
        END AS above_average
FROM    i
WINDOW  w AS (PARTITION BY year, region)
ORDER BY
    1,2,3;

answered Jul 01 '22 at 10:32

Frank Heikens

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Thanks a lot for the answer Frank. Top quality and nice use of ```postgresql``` language. Kudos and thanks for addressing the question. – NikSp Jul 01 '22 at 11:29

Calculate lift for every row and compare it with the average lift of region and year

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