approx_percentile(col, percentage [, accuracy]) – Returns the approximate percentile value of numeric column `col` at the given percentage. The value of percentage must be between 0.0 and 1.0. The `accuracy` parameter (default: 10000) is a positive numeric literal which controls approximation accuracy at the cost of memory. Higher value of `accuracy` yields better accuracy, `1.0/accuracy` is the relative error of the approximation. When `percentage` is an array, each value of the percentage array must be between 0.0 and 1.0. In this case, returns the approximate percentile array of column `col` at the given percentage array.
Platforms: WhereOS, Spark, Hive
Class: org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate.ApproximatePercentile
More functions can be added to WhereOS via Python or R bindings or as Java & Scala UDF (user-defined function), UDAF (user-defined aggregation function) and UDTF (user-defined table generating function) extensions. Custom libraries can be added on via Settings-page or installed from WhereOS Store.
