NTILE

The NTILE function returns an integer ranging between 1 and the argument value, and divides a table’s rows into n ranked buckets according to the following:

• The selected column.

• The selected positive, literal n.

Selecting an n that exceeds the number of rows in a table outputs a result identical to the RANK function. When this happens, each ranked bucket is populated with a single value and any bucket numbered higher than the number of rows not even being created.

Additionally, if the number of rows in a bucket is not exactly divisible by n, the function gives precedence to values at the top. For example, if n is 6 for 63 values, the top three buckets each have 11 values, and the bottom three each have 10.

Syntax

The following shows the correct syntax for the NTILE function.

NTILE(n) OVER (...)