This function is used to obtain the value of the last data record in the window corresponding to the current row.

Restrictions

The restrictions on using window functions are as follows:

Window functions can be used only in select statements.
Window functions and aggregate functions cannot be nested in window functions.
Window functions cannot be used together with aggregate functions of the same level.

Syntax

last_value(<expr>[, <ignore_nulls>]) over ([partition_clause] [orderby_clause] [frame_clause])

Parameters

**Table 1** Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
expr	Yes	Expression whose return result is to be calculated
ignore_nulls	No	The value is of the BOOLEAN type, indicating whether to ignore NULL values. The default value is False. If the value is True, the first non-null value in the window is returned.
partition_clause	No	Partition. Rows with the same value in partition columns are considered to be in the same window.
orderby_clause	No	It is used to specify how data is sorted in a window.
frame_clause	No	It is used to determine the data boundary.

Return Values

The return value is of the data type of the parameter.

Example Code

To help you understand how to use functions, this example provides source data and function examples based on the source data. Run the following command to create the logs table and add data:

create table logs(
 cookieid string,
 createtime string,
 url string
) 
STORED AS parquet;

Adds the following data:

cookie1 2015-04-10 10:00:02 url2
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:00:00 url1
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:03:04 url3
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:50:05 url6
cookie1 2015-04-10 11:00:00 url7
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:10:00 url4
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:50:01 url5
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:00:02 url22
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:00:00 url11
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:03:04 url33
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:50:05 url66
cookie2 2015-04-10 11:00:00 url77
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:10:00 url44
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:50:01 url55

Example: Groups all records by cookieid, sorts the records by createtime in ascending order, and returns the last row of data in each group. An example command is as follows:

SELECT cookieid, createtime, url,
       LAST_VALUE(url) OVER(PARTITION BY cookieid ORDER BY createtime) AS last
FROM logs;

-- Returned result:
cookieid createtime         url last
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:00:00 url1 url1
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:00:02 url2 url2
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:03:04 url3 url3
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:10:00 url4 url4
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:50:01 url5 url5
cookie1 2015-04-10 10:50:05 url6 url6
cookie1 2015-04-10 11:00:00 url7 url7
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:00:00 url11 url11
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:00:02 url22 url22
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:03:04 url33 url33
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:10:00 url44 url44
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:50:01 url55 url55
cookie2 2015-04-10 10:50:05 url66 url66
cookie2 2015-04-10 11:00:00 url77 url77

The last value in the current row is actually just itself.