Analytic Functions (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** ![yes](media/yes.png)SQL Server (starting with 2012) ![yes](media/yes.png)Azure SQL Database ![yes](media/yes.png)Azure SQL Data Warehouse ![yes](media/yes.png)Parallel Data Warehouse

SQL Server supports these analytic functions:

CUME_DIST (Transact-SQL) LEAD (Transact-SQL)
FIRST_VALUE (Transact-SQL) PERCENTILE_CONT (Transact-SQL)
LAG (Transact-SQL) PERCENTILE_DISC (Transact-SQL)
LAST_VALUE (Transact-SQL) PERCENT_RANK (Transact-SQL)

Analytic functions calculate an aggregate value based on a group of rows. Unlike aggregate functions, however, analytic functions can return multiple rows for each group. Use analytic functions to compute moving averages, running totals, percentages or top-N results within a group.

See also

OVER Clause (Transact-SQL)