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Secondary Calculation / Usage calculated field in a another calculation

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Priority:P3 Querying/GUI Type:New Feature
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Description

Suppose we want to build a Pareto chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_chart. To do so we need a tow way calculation. First a share of a cluster of total value/sum and a second calculation with a running sum of these shares.

An SQL solution is not always possible, since MySQL 5 (including AWS Aurora DB) and prior does not support analytical functions like `sum() over partition()`.

Here is a sample how it can be build with Tableau. https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/pareto.htm

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Review the Pareto chart example and the requested two-stage calculation: a grouped share followed by a running sum. Define how these calculations should work without analytical SQL functions and what output would demonstrate that the feature is complete.

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Assessment

Tech stack
mysql, sql
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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