count(distinct) over (partition by… doesn’t work in Oracle SQL

I want to count the distinct day_number over the past 30 days. However, the distinct function can’t be used with over

If I delete distinct, it will give me the total count of the day_number, but day_number can have lots of duplicate. So that’s why I want to add distinct.

select tr.*,
       count( distinct day_number) OVER (PARTITION BY ACCOUNT ORDER BY DAY_number range 29 PRECEDING) as result
from table tr;

Can anyone please show me how to count the distinct numbers in the over(partition by..) statement? Thanks in advance.

Answer

You can do this by first creating a column that only lists each id once, and then doing a range-count on that column, e.g.:

WITH sd AS (SELECT 1 ID, 10 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 1 ID, 20 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 2 ID, 30 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 2 ID, 40 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 4 ID, 50 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 4 ID, 60 val FROM dual UNION ALL
            SELECT 6 ID, 70 val FROM dual)
SELECT ID,
       val,
       COUNT(id_distinct) OVER (ORDER BY ID RANGE 3 PRECEDING) cnt_disinct_ids
FROM   (SELECT ID,
               val,
               CASE WHEN row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY ID ORDER BY val) = 1 THEN ID END id_distinct
        FROM   sd);

        ID        VAL CNT_DISINCT_IDS
---------- ---------- ---------------
         1         10               1
         1         20               1
         2         30               2
         2         40               2
         4         50               3
         4         60               3
         6         70               2

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ETA: proof that the above technique works for your data:

WITH your_table AS (SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 23 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 23 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 24 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 25 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 53 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 53 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'ABCDE' account_sk, 55 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'VWXYZ' account_sk, 10 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'VWXYZ' account_sk, 12 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'VWXYZ' account_sk, 40 day_sk FROM dual UNION ALL
                    SELECT 'VWXYZ' account_sk, 40 day_sk FROM dual)
SELECT account_sk,
       day_sk,
       COUNT(day_sk_distinct) OVER (PARTITION BY account_sk ORDER BY day_sk RANGE BETWEEN 29 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) count_distinct_day_sk
FROM   (SELECT account_sk,
               day_sk,
               CASE WHEN row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY account_sk, day_sk ORDER BY day_sk) = 1 THEN day_sk END day_sk_distinct
        FROM   your_table);

ACCOUNT_SK     DAY_SK COUNT_DISTINCT_DAY_SK
---------- ---------- ---------------------
ABCDE              23                     1
ABCDE              23                     1
ABCDE              24                     2
ABCDE              25                     3
ABCDE              53                     3
ABCDE              53                     3
ABCDE              55                     2
VWXYZ              10                     1
VWXYZ              12                     2
VWXYZ              40                     2
VWXYZ              40                     2