What you'll learn

Level: Beginner

An aggregation query is often more than a count or summation. In this mini course, you'll tackle a series of exercises that cover built-in aggregation functions, including grouping data and ranking dating with window functions.

The course format is a series of exercises.  Each exercise is about 5 minutes. To help you along, each exercise includes a hint and a detailed solution. 

Prerequisites

Wanted: Architects, Developers, Administrators, and Business Leaders

Your curiosity and desire to learn YSQL are the only requirements for this mini course. The hands-on labs and exercises come complete with step-by-step instructions and easy to follow explanations and solutions.

Checklist

What you'll need

  • Operating System:
    macOS 10+, Ubuntu 16+, or Windows 10+

  • Chromium web browser:
    Chrome, Opera, or Microsoft Edge

  • YugabyteDB Managed free cluster

  • YugabyteDB Community Slack account

Course details

Duration 120 minutes

  1. 01
    • 👋 Welcome!

    • 🪁 Get Started with YugabyteDB Managed

    • 🧪 [LAB]: Create a YugabyteDB Managed free cluster

    • 🔭 [LAB]: Create the ysql_exercises database

    • ⛹🏻‍♂️. Count the number of facilities

    • ⛹️‍♂️. Count the number of expensive facilities

    • 🏌️ Count the number of recommendations each member makes

    • ⛹🏻‍♀️. List the total slots booked per facility

    • ⛹🏽. List the total slots booked per facility in a given month

    • ⛹🏽‍♂️. List the total slots booked per facility per month

    • 🏌🏿‍♀️. Find the count of members who have made at least one booking

    • ⛹🏽‍♀️. List facilities with more than 1000 slots booked

    • ⛹🏿‍♂️. Find the total revenue of each facility

    • ⛹🏽. Find facilities with a total revenue less than 1000

    • ⛹🏾‍♂️. Output the facility id that has the highest number of slots booked

    • ⛹🏿‍♀️. List the total slots booked per facility per month, part 2

    • ⛹️. List the total hours booked per named facility

    • ⛹🏿. List each member's first booking after September 1st 2012

    • 🏌🏼‍♂️. Produce a list of member names, with each row containing the total member count

    • 🏌🏾‍♂️. Produce a numbered list of members

    • ⛹🏼‍♀️. Output the facility id that has the highest number of slots booked, again

    • 🏌️. Rank members by (rounded) hours used

    • ⛹🏾‍♀️. Find the top three revenue generating facilities

    • ⛹🏻. Classify facilities by value

    • ⛹🏽‍♂️. Calculate the payback time for each facility

    • 🪂. Calculate a rolling average of total revenue

    • 📚 Additional reading

    • 🧰 Your YugabyteDB skill on LinkedIn

    • 🏆 Learning Path Tracker

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