Get list with start and end values from table of datetimes

Question

Currently i have a table built up like this way

DeviceID      Timestamp            Value
----------------------------------------
Device1       1.1.2011 10:0         


        

Answer 1

DECLARE @t TABLE
(DeviceID      VARCHAR(10),
 [Timestamp]    DATETIME,
 VALUE          INT
)

INSERT @t
SELECT 'Device1','20110101 10:00:00',    3
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 10:00:01',    4
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 10:00:02',    4
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 10:00:04',   3
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 10:00:05',    4
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 14:23:14',    8
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 14:23:15',    7
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 14:23:17',    4
UNION SELECT 'Device1','20110101 14:23:18',    2


;WITH myCTE
AS
(
    SELECT DeviceID, [Timestamp],
           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY DeviceID
                              ORDER BY [TIMESTAMP]
                             ) AS rn
    FROM @t
)
, recCTE
AS
(
    SELECT DeviceID, [Timestamp],  0 as groupID, rn FROM myCTE
    WHERE rn = 1

    UNION ALL

    SELECT r.DeviceID, g.[Timestamp],  CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(ss,r.[Timestamp], g.[Timestamp]) <= 5 THEN r.groupID ELSE r.groupID + 1 END, g.rn 
    FROM recCTE AS r
    JOIN myCTE AS g
    ON g.rn = r.rn + 1
)
SELECT DeviceID, MIN([Timestamp]) AS [started], MAX([Timestamp]) AS ended
FROM recCTE
GROUP BY DeviceId, groupId
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0);

Answer 2

You should be able to use window functions for this (assuming 15 minutes defines a new session below):

SELECT DeviceId,
       Timestamp,
       COALESCE((Timestamp - lag(Timestamp) OVER w) > interval '15 min', TRUE)
       as session_begins
       COALESCE((lead(Timestamp) OVER w - Timestamp) > interval '15 min', TRUE)
       as session_ends
FROM YourTable
WINDOW w AS (PARTITION BY DeviceId ORDER BY Timestamp);

Depending on your where clause, you might want to remove the coalesce/true part since the first/last row fetched may become invalid.

If you need only the boundaries, you could use the above in a subquery and group by DeviceId, session_begins, session_ends having session_begins or session_ends. Also, if you do this, don't forget to put the where clause in the subquery, rather than the main one, else you'll end up doing a seq scan on the whole table because of the window aggregate.

Answer 3

Try this, though I'm not sure how well it will perform with lots of data

SELECT a.TS AS [StartTime], (SELECT TOP 1 c.TS FROM TestTime c WHERE c.TS >= a.TS AND
    NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM TestTime d WHERE d.TS > c.TS AND DATEDIFF(SECOND, c.TS, d.TS) <= 5) ORDER BY c.TS) AS [StopTime]
FROM TestTime a WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM TestTime b WHERE a.TS > b.TS AND DATEDIFF(SECOND, b.TS, a.TS) <= 5)

my table is called TestTime and the column is called TS so tweak it for your table. I've used the NOT EXISTS to check for a timestamp < the current record and within 5 seconds of it - so display if not found, i.e. a start time (or the first record in the table and then it will look for the lowest timestamp that is greater than any records found that is >= that timestamp (in case it's a single entry, so a start/stop one) and that again uses NOT EXISTS to check for a record that is greater than it and within 5 seconds - so, again, display if a record isn't found (only the 1st). You can probably tweak and improve this, but it might be a good basis.

Note that if it is still running it will list the last time found as the stop time for the last start event.

I haven't put a device name in here, for simplicity, so you would need to put that in the StopTime and WHERE clauses

Answer 4

Try this:

select DeviceID,MIN(Timestamp),MAX(Timestamp) 
          from @table group by DATEPART(hh,Timestamp),DeviceID

Answer 5

The basic idea for the below solution has been borrowed from this answer.

WITH data (DeviceID, Timestamp, Value) AS (
  SELECT 'Device1', CAST('1.1.2011 10:00:00' AS datetime), 3 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 10:00:01',              4 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 10:00:02',              4 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 10:00:04',              3 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 10:00:05',              4 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 14:23:14',              8 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 14:23:15',              7 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 14:23:17',              4 UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Device1',      '1.1.2011 14:23:18',              2
),
ranked AS (
  SELECT
    *,
    rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY DeviceID ORDER BY Timestamp)
  FROM data
),
starts AS (
  SELECT
    r1.DeviceID,
    r1.Timestamp,
    rank = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY r1.DeviceID ORDER BY r1.Timestamp)
  FROM ranked r1
    LEFT JOIN ranked r2 ON r1.DeviceID = r2.DeviceID
      AND r1.rn = r2.rn + 1
      AND r1.Timestamp <= DATEADD(second, 5, r2.Timestamp)
  WHERE r2.DeviceID IS NULL
),
ends AS (
  SELECT
    r1.DeviceID,
    r1.Timestamp,
    rank = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY r1.DeviceID ORDER BY r1.Timestamp)
  FROM ranked r1
    LEFT JOIN ranked r2 ON r1.DeviceID = r2.DeviceID
      AND r1.rn = r2.rn - 1
      AND r1.Timestamp >= DATEADD(second, -5, r2.Timestamp)
  WHERE r2.DeviceID IS NULL
)
SELECT
  s.DeviceID,
  Started = s.Timestamp,
  Ended = e.Timestamp
FROM starts s
  INNER JOIN ends e ON s.DeviceID = e.DeviceID AND s.rank = e.rank

Answer 6

-- Table var to store the gaps
declare @T table
(
  DeviceID varchar(10),
  PrevPeriodEnd datetime,
  NextPeriodStart datetime
)

-- Get the gaps
;with cte as 
(
  select *,
    row_number() over(partition by DeviceID order by Timestamp) as rn
  from data
)
insert into @T
select
  C1.DeviceID,
  C1.Timestamp as PrevPeriodEnd,
  C2.Timestamp as NextPeriodStart
from cte as C1
  inner join cte as C2
    on C1.rn = C2.rn-1 and
       C1.DeviceID = C2.DeviceID and
       datediff(s, C1.Timestamp, C2.Timestamp) > 5

-- Build islands from gaps in @T
;with cte1 as
(
  -- Add first and last timestamp to gaps
  select DeviceID, PrevPeriodEnd, NextPeriodStart
  from @T
  union all
  select DeviceID, max(TimeStamp) as PrevPeriodEnd, null as NextPeriodStart
  from data
  group by DeviceID
  union all
  select DeviceID, null as PrevPeriodEnd, min(TimeStamp) as PrevPeriodEnd
  from data
  group by DeviceID
),
cte2 as
(
  select *,
    row_number() over(partition by DeviceID order by PrevPeriodEnd) as rn
  from cte1
)
select
  C1.DeviceID,
  C1.NextPeriodStart as PeriodStart,
  C2.PrevPeriodEnd as PeriodEnd
from cte2 as C1
  inner join cte2 as C2
    on C1.DeviceID = C2.DeviceID and
       C1.rn = C2.rn-1
order by C1.DeviceID, C1.NextPeriodStart