LATERAL VIEW clause - Amazon OpenSearch Service

LATERAL VIEW clause

Note

To see which AWS data source integrations support this SQL command, see Supported OpenSearch SQL commands and functions.

The LATERAL VIEW clause is used in conjunction with generator functions such as EXPLODE, which will generate a virtual table containing one or more rows. LATERAL VIEW will apply the rows to each original output row.

Syntax 

LATERAL VIEW [ OUTER ] generator_function ( expression [ , ... ] ) [ table_alias ] AS column_alias [ , ... ]

Parameters

  • OUTER

    If OUTER specified, returns null if an input array/map is empty or null.

  • generator_function

    Specifies a generator function (EXPLODE, INLINE, and so on.).

  • table_alias

    The alias for generator_function, which is optional.

  • column_alias

    Lists the column aliases of generator_function, which may be used in output rows.

    You can have multiple aliases if generator_function has multiple output columns.

Examples

CREATE TABLE person (id INT, name STRING, age INT, class INT, address STRING);
INSERT INTO person VALUES
(100, 'John', 30, 1, 'Street 1'),
(200, 'Mary', NULL, 1, 'Street 2'),
(300, 'Mike', 80, 3, 'Street 3'),
(400, 'Dan', 50, 4, 'Street 4');
SELECT * FROM person
LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(ARRAY(30, 60)) tableName AS c_age
LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(ARRAY(40, 80)) AS d_age;
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+--------+
|  id  | name  |  age  | class  |  address  | c_age  | d_age  |
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+--------+
| 100  | John  | 30    | 1      | Street 1  | 30     | 40     |
| 100  | John  | 30    | 1      | Street 1  | 30     | 80     |
| 100  | John  | 30    | 1      | Street 1  | 60     | 40     |
| 100  | John  | 30    | 1      | Street 1  | 60     | 80     |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  | 1      | Street 2  | 30     | 40     |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  | 1      | Street 2  | 30     | 80     |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  | 1      | Street 2  | 60     | 40     |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  | 1      | Street 2  | 60     | 80     |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    | 3      | Street 3  | 30     | 40     |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    | 3      | Street 3  | 30     | 80     |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    | 3      | Street 3  | 60     | 40     |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    | 3      | Street 3  | 60     | 80     |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    | 4      | Street 4  | 30     | 40     |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    | 4      | Street 4  | 30     | 80     |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    | 4      | Street 4  | 60     | 40     |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    | 4      | Street 4  | 60     | 80     |
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+--------+
SELECT c_age, COUNT(1) FROM person
LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(ARRAY(30, 60)) AS c_age
LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(ARRAY(40, 80)) AS d_age
GROUP BY c_age;
+--------+-----------+
| c_age  | count(1)  |
+--------+-----------+
| 60     | 8         |
| 30     | 8         |
+--------+-----------+
SELECT * FROM person
LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(ARRAY()) tableName AS c_age;
+-----+-------+------+--------+----------+--------+
| id  | name  | age  | class  | address  | c_age  |
+-----+-------+------+--------+----------+--------+
+-----+-------+------+--------+----------+--------+
SELECT * FROM person
LATERAL VIEW OUTER EXPLODE(ARRAY()) tableName AS c_age;
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+
|  id  | name  |  age  | class  |  address  | c_age  |
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+
| 100  | John  | 30    | 1      | Street 1  | NULL   |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  | 1      | Street 2  | NULL   |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    | 3      | Street 3  | NULL   |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    | 4      | Street 4  | NULL   |
+------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+--------+