Using CASE and WHENΒΆ

At times we might have to select values from multiple columns conditionally.

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val username = System.getProperty("user.name")

import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession

val username = System.getProperty("user.name")
val spark = SparkSession.
    builder.
    config("spark.ui.port", "0").
    config("spark.sql.warehouse.dir", s"/user/${username}/warehouse").
    enableHiveSupport.
    appName(s"${username} | Spark SQL - Predefined Functions").
    master("yarn").
    getOrCreate

If you are going to use CLIs, you can use Spark SQL using one of the 3 approaches.

Using Spark SQL

spark2-sql \
    --master yarn \
    --conf spark.ui.port=0 \
    --conf spark.sql.warehouse.dir=/user/${USER}/warehouse

Using Scala

spark2-shell \
    --master yarn \
    --conf spark.ui.port=0 \
    --conf spark.sql.warehouse.dir=/user/${USER}/warehouse

Using Pyspark

pyspark2 \
    --master yarn \
    --conf spark.ui.port=0 \
    --conf spark.sql.warehouse.dir=/user/${USER}/warehouse

  • We can use CASE and WHEN for that.

  • Let us implement this conditional logic to come up with derived order_status.

    • If order_status is COMPLETE or CLOSED, set COMPLETED

    • If order_status have PENDING in it, then we will say PENDING

    • If order_status have PROCESSING or PAYMENT_REVIEW in it, then we will say PENDING

    • We will set all others as OTHER

  • We can also have ELSE as part of CASE and WHEN.

%%sql

USE itversity_retail

%%sql

SHOW tables

%%sql

SELECT DISTINCT order_status FROM orders LIMIT 10

%%sql

SELECT o.*,
    CASE WHEN order_status IN ('COMPLETE', 'CLOSED') THEN 'COMPLETED'
    END AS updated_order_status
FROM orders o
LIMIT 10

%%sql

SELECT o.*,
    CASE WHEN order_status IN ('COMPLETE', 'CLOSED') THEN 'COMPLETED'
    ELSE order_status
    END AS updated_order_status
FROM orders o
LIMIT 10

%%sql

SELECT o.*,
    CASE 
        WHEN order_status IN ('COMPLETE', 'CLOSED') THEN 'COMPLETED'
        WHEN order_status LIKE '%PENDING%' THEN 'PENDING'
        ELSE 'OTHER'
    END AS updated_order_status
FROM orders o
LIMIT 10

%%sql

SELECT o.*,
    CASE 
        WHEN order_status IN ('COMPLETE', 'CLOSED') THEN 'COMPLETED'
        WHEN order_status LIKE '%PENDING%' OR order_status IN ('PROCESSING', 'PAYMENT_REVIEW')
            THEN 'PENDING'
        ELSE 'OTHER'
    END AS updated_order_status
FROM orders o
LIMIT 10

%%sql

SELECT DISTINCT order_status,
    CASE 
        WHEN order_status IN ('COMPLETE', 'CLOSED') THEN 'COMPLETED'
        WHEN order_status LIKE '%PENDING%' OR order_status IN ('PROCESSING', 'PAYMENT_REVIEW')
            THEN 'PENDING'
        ELSE 'OTHER'
    END AS updated_order_status
FROM orders
ORDER BY updated_order_status
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