Filling missing dates by group

Question

I have a data set that looks like this:

shop_id,item_id,time,value
150,1,2015-07-10,3
150,1,2015-07-11,5
150,1,2015-07-13,2
150,2,2015-07-10,15
150,2,2015-07         


        

Answer 1

This is a Sql based solution

First you need a dates table

Date table query. Note this will create a physical table in your database.

;with cte as
(
select cast('2000-01-01' as datetime) as Dates -- Start date 
union all
select dateadd(MM,1,Dates) 
from cte 
where Dates < '2099-12-01' -- End date
)
select * 
INTO Date_table 
from CTE

Then you need to left outer join your table with Date_table to get the missing dates.

SELECT A.shop_id, 
       A.item_id, 
       DT.dates, 
       Isnull(Y.value, 0) 
FROM   date_table DT 
       CROSS JOIN(SELECT DISTINCT shop_id, 
                                  item_id 
                  FROM   yourtable) A 
       LEFT OUTER JOIN yourtable Y 
                    ON t.[time] = DT.dates 
                       AND A.shop_id = Y.shop_id 
                       AND A.item_id = Y.item_id