Categories:: Data metric functions

ROWS_IN_PAST_YEAR_COUNT (system data metric function)¶

Returns the count of non-NULL column values that fall in the 365 days before the scheduled evaluation time.

This topic provides the syntax for calling the function directly. To learn how to associate the function with a table or view so it runs at regular intervals, see Associate a DMF.

Syntax¶

SNOWFLAKE.CORE.ROWS_IN_PAST_YEAR_COUNT(<query>)

Arguments¶

query: Specifies a SQL query that projects a single column.

Allowed data types¶

The column projected by the query must have one of the following data types:

DATE
TIMESTAMP_LTZ
TIMESTAMP_TZ

Returns¶

The function returns a NUMBER value. NULL values are not counted.

Usage notes¶

For a TIMESTAMP_LTZ or TIMESTAMP_TZ column, the window starts 365 days before the scheduled evaluation time and ends at the scheduled evaluation time; both boundaries are included. Values later than the scheduled evaluation time are not counted.
For a DATE column, the window is the 365 calendar days that end on the date of the scheduled evaluation time, including that date.
Unlike most system DMFs, this function counts values that meet the expectation: a value of 0 means that no rows arrived in the window.
When you call the function directly, the current timestamp is used as the scheduled evaluation time.

Example¶

Measure the number of rows that arrived in the past 365 days in the ingested_at column:

SELECT SNOWFLAKE.CORE.ROWS_IN_PAST_YEAR_COUNT(
  SELECT
    ingested_at
  FROM events.tables.activity
);