Aggregated groups on a timeline

Hi
I need to sub aggregate and group data in a time sequence.
Example data is like follows, but many more records, and with fractions of datevalues.
TSZ_ENTRY________STORAGEID______MTRLID____CAMPAIGNID____WEIGHT_CORR
23-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     61.2397
24-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     61.3617
25-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     61.4837
26-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     4     0     20     61.6058
27-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     61.7277
28-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     61.8497
29-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     4     20     49.8715
30-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     62.2156
31-MAY-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     2     0     20     62.3377
01-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     2     4     20     62.4596
02-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     2     4     20     62.5816
03-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     2     4     20     62.7036
04-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     3     4     20     62.8256
05-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     4     20     62.9475
06-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     63.0696
07-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     63.1915
08-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     20     63.3135
09-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     6     20     63.4356
10-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     6     20     63.5575
11-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     3     6     20     63.6795
12-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     6     21     63.8015
13-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     6     21     63.9235
14-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     6     21     64.0454
15-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     3     0     21     64.1676
16-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     0     21     64.2895
17-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     2     2     21     64.4116
18-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     2     21     64.5335
19-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     2     21     64.6555
20-JUN-11 12.00.00.000000000 AM EUROPE/BERLIN     1     2     21     64.7775
This data should be presented like:
STORAGEID     MTRLID     CAMPAIGNID     SUM(WEIGHT_CORR) COUNT(*)
1 0 20 184.0851 3
4     0     20     61.6058 1
1     0     20     123.5774 2
1     4     20     49.8715 1
1     0     20     62.2156 1
2     0     20     62.3377 1
2     4     20     187.7448 3
It is like doing a new sub aggregation for any change in the first 3 columns:
select storageid, materialid, campaignid, sum(weight_corr), count(*)
from table....
group by storageid, materialid, campaignid
but not aggregating the complete table in one piece.
.. and finally the overall row sequence order is by TSZ_ENTRY.
TSZ_ENTRY is of type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE. All other cols are integers. Database is 11.2
I have tried the OVER something, but my skills is not deep enough to do this correctly.
I'm sorry that all blanks in the example gets truncated.
Any suggestions?
BR
/Per

perforsgren wrote:
Do you believe that this is possible by using the same tabibitosan method?As I said earlier, yes, it's eminently possible, by the addition of the "partition by storageid" clause in the first row_number().
eg:
with sample_data as (select to_timestamp('23/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.2397 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('24/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.3617 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('25/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.4837 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('26/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 4 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.6058 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('27/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.7277 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('28/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 61.8497 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('29/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 49.8715 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('30/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.2156 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('31/05/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 2 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.3377 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('01/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 2 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.4596 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('02/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 2 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.5816 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('03/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 2 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.7036 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('04/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 3 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.8256 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('05/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 4 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 62.9475 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('06/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.0696 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('07/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.1915 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('08/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.3135 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('09/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.4356 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('10/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.5575 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('11/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 3 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 20 campaignid, 63.6795 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('12/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 63.8015 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('13/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 63.9235 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('14/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 6 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.0454 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('15/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 3 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.1676 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('16/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 0 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.2895 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('17/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 2 storageid, 2 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.4116 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('18/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 2 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.5335 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('19/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 2 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.6555 weight_corr from dual union all
                     select to_timestamp('20/06/2011', 'dd/mm/yyyy') tsz_entry, 1 storageid, 2 mtrlid, 21 campaignid, 64.7775 weight_corr from dual),
     tabibitosan as (select tsz_entry,
                            storageid,
                            mtrlid,
                            campaignid,
                            weight_corr,
                            row_number() over (partition by storageid order by tsz_entry) - row_number() over (partition by storageid, mtrlid, campaignid order by tsz_entry) grp
                     from   sample_data)
select storageid,
       mtrlid,
       campaignid,
       sum(weight_corr) sum_weight_corr,
       count(*) total
from   tabibitosan
group by storageid,
         mtrlid,
         campaignid,
         grp
order by storageid, min(tsz_entry);
STORAGEID     MTRLID CAMPAIGNID SUM_WEIGHT_CORR      TOTAL
         1          0         20        307.6625          5
         1          4         20         49.8715          1
         1          0         20         62.2156          1
         1          4         20         62.9475          1
         1          0         20        189.5746          3
         1          6         20        126.9931          2
         1          6         21        191.7704          3
         1          0         21         64.2895          1
         1          2         21        193.9665          3
         2          0         20         62.3377          1
         2          4         20        187.7448          3
         2          2         21         64.4116          1
         3          4         20         62.8256          1
         3          6         20         63.6795          1
         3          0         21         64.1676          1
         4          0         20         61.6058          1Ie. instead of comparing each storageid, mtrlid and campaignid against the whole ordered set of data, you're now comparing it against the ordered set per storageid.
2 views will give you what you want, if you're needing both types of results, but bear in mind with the storageid one, you may need to switch to an inline view in order for the predicate pushing to happen (ie. calculating the results for the specific storageid(s) passed in, rather than calculating the whole set and then filtering).

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In the "gang" grouping clarification: the clip "inserted upon" was NOT in a group, but all of the V1 and V2 clips (with their effects) were grouped as one big blob in hopes that the group would move to the right and make room for the insertion that was "prior" to the group. I do agree that a 'group' can't be separated, as that would defeat the concept of the group.
In a previous post, I learned that a soundtrack, even if intended to be continuous and unedited can have 'gaps' introduced when V1 (in this case stills) were changed. But, I discovered, that taking any of the silent V1 stills, and individually making them longer (drag the out point to the right), moved the entire V1 track to the right without causing a 'cut' in the soundtrack. Once the V1 element was "longer" I seemed able to 'replace' the clip without cutting the soundtrack.
That help? Thanks.

Why does "hide" action set timeline to play?

I created a group that by default is hidden, and is shown when a certain shape is clicked. On the main timeline i placed a hidden button to pause the slide at the end. Inside the group I placed a shape that acts as button, when the shape is clicked the "hide" action hides the group. The problem is that when the user clicks the shape to hide the group, the base timeline is somehow set to play again. How can this be avoided?

Oops, will again have terminology problems (I'm not a native English speaker).
Think you'll need to read this post: Why choose Standard over Simple action? - Captivate blog which has also a link to a YouTube video.
When you trigger a 'simple' action with an interactive object, the playhead is released, which is what you have seen happening.
Main timeline? Base timeline? What do you mean by that? Tiny Timeline Tidbits - Captivate blog Don't be offended, but I'm a bit afraid that you are mixing up things. If you click the Hide button (eye) on the timeline for an object, it is not hidden on runtime, just hidden while editing. To hide an object you have to use its Properties panel, and 'how' depends on your version (which you didn't specify).
Tip: click box is an interactive object that is by design invisible to the user and pauses the slide timeline at the end of its timeline. Better idea than your 'hidden button'...

Grouping Problems

Hi All,
I have two main problems with grouping objects in Animate Edge:
1. opening and closing a group in the timeline:
Generally the objects within a group are all visible in the timeline - so I can't close the group in the timeline, only in Elements. However, sometimes the group suddenly closes, but in a way, that I can not even open it to see and edit the objects in the timeline. It seems to be fully accidential, I can not tell why it opens and closes.
Does anyone have an idea, how to control this "function"?
2. grouping repositions objects straggly
When I group some already animated objects, some of these objects will be repositioned. So the result is a mess on the stage, the objects seem to be repositioned accidentally.
I understood that grouping objects without animation works good, they stay at their place. Hence I have figured out, that this repositioning is somehow influenced by animations, but I don't know how, and how I could avoid it.
I would really appretiate any idea or guidance!

Hi Joe,
Thanks for the answer.
I have no idea regarding opening and closing a group - I really tought, that it is a kind of function, that I don't understand yet. Can it be a bug?
As for repositioning, I have made some tests, and something turned out: This is influenced by which corner I select as a basis point for the animation (under Properties in 'Position and Size'), and in cases when the object is resized during the animation.
Top left corner is set as a basis in generall. But when I change it to bottom left corner, then this object changes its place once grouped with other objects. However, when I group the objects first, and change the basis corner only afterwards, everything works perfectly. I still don't understand this behaviour, but at least, I can avoid this repositioning issue now.

Importing items within a groups duration?

I have several scenes, which I divided up into groups along my timeline. When I add new images/videos/whatever to my project, the duration is equal to the entire project, so I have to manually adjust it to fit within the duration of the group I want it in every time. This is seriously interupting my workflow, is there anyway I can change this?

Do you have other layers in the group which have a longer duration? If you do then the group will continue to the end of the project duration. If you want all layers in the group to end at the same point then put the playhead there, select the group and hit o. All content will be cut to that point. Perhaps you have been selecting a layer and only trimming that layer and what you see is the group continuing on. What I described definitely works in trimming the layer and /or group. Hope you get it sorted.

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