interpolated_duration_in()

Calculate the total duration in a given state from a state aggregate. Unlike duration_in, you can use this function across multiple state aggregates that cover different time buckets. Any missing values at the time bucket boundaries are interpolated from adjacent StateAggs/TimelineAggs.

interpolated_duration_in(
    state [TEXT | BIGINT],
    tws [StateAgg | TimelineAgg],
    start TIMESTAMPTZ,
    interval INTERVAL,
    prev [StateAgg | TimelineAgg],
    next [StateAgg | TimelineAgg]
) RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION

warning

Experimental features could have bugs. They might not be backwards compatible, and could be removed in future releases. Use these features at your own risk, and do not use any experimental features in production.

Required arguments

Optional arguments

Returns

Sample usage

This example creates a simple test table:

SET timezone TO 'UTC';
CREATE TABLE states(time TIMESTAMPTZ, state TEXT);
INSERT INTO states VALUES
  ('1-1-2020 10:00', 'starting'),
  ('1-1-2020 10:30', 'running'),
  ('1-2-2020 16:00', 'error'),
  ('1-3-2020 18:30', 'starting'),
  ('1-3-2020 19:30', 'running'),
  ('1-4-2020 12:00', 'stopping');

You can query this table for the time spent in the running state, like this:

SELECT 
  time,
  toolkit_experimental.interpolated_duration_in(
    'running',
    agg,
    time,
    '1 day',
    LAG(agg) OVER (ORDER BY time),
    LEAD(agg) OVER (ORDER BY time)
) FROM (
  SELECT
    time_bucket('1 day', time) as time,
    toolkit_experimental.state_agg(time, state) as agg
  FROM
    states
  GROUP BY time_bucket('1 day', time)
) s;

Which gives the result:

time          | interpolated_duration_in 
------------------------+--------------------------
 2020-01-01 00:00:00+00 | 13:30:00
 2020-01-02 00:00:00+00 | 16:00:00
 2020-01-03 00:00:00+00 | 04:30:00
 2020-01-04 00:00:00+00 | 12:00:00

If you prefer to see the result in seconds, EXTRACT the epoch from the returned result.