Question

Background

I have a table set up in a SQL Server environment that contains a log of various activity that I’m tracking. Particular log items use unique codes to categorize what activity is taking place and a datetime field tracks when that activity occurred.

Problem

I would like to, using either a single query or a stored procedure, get an average of hourly counts of activity, grouped by day of the week. Example:

Day      | Hour | Average Count
-------------------------------
Monday   | 8    | 5
Monday   | 9    | 5
Monday   | 10   | 9
...
Tuesday  | 8    | 4
Tuesday  | 9    | 3
...etc

Right now I’ve got a query setup that spits out the counts per hour per day, but my problem is taking it a step further and getting average by day of week. Here’s my current query:

SELECT CAST([time] AS date) AS ForDate,
   DATEPART(hour, [time]) AS OnHour,
   COUNT(*) AS Totals
FROM [log] WHERE [code] = 'tib_imp.8'
GROUP BY CAST(time AS date),
   DATEPART(hour,[time])
   ORDER BY ForDate Asc, OnHour Asc

Any suggestions as to how I might accomplish this?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Guessing here:

SELECT [Day], [Hour], [DayN], AVG(Totals) AS [Avg]
FROM
  (
        SELECT 
          [Day]  = DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [time]),
          [DayN] = DATEPART(WEEKDAY, [time]),
          [Hour] = DATEPART(HOUR,    [time]),
          Totals = COUNT(*)
        FROM dbo.[log] 
            WHERE [code] = 'tib_imp.8'
        GROUP BY 
          DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [time]),
          DATEPART(WEEKDAY, [time]),
          DATEPART(HOUR,    [time])
  ) AS q
GROUP BY [Day], [Hour], [DayN]
ORDER BY DayN; 

Again, without data, I might once again be throwing a handful of mud at the wall and hoping it sticks, but perhaps what you need is:

SELECT [Day], [Hour], [DayN], AVG(Totals) AS [Avg]
FROM
(
    SELECT 
  w = DATEDIFF(WEEK, 0, [time]),
      [Day]  = DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [time]),
      [DayN] = DATEPART(WEEKDAY, [time]),
      [Hour] = DATEPART(HOUR,    [time]),
      Totals = COUNT(*)
    FROM dbo.[log] 
      WHERE [code] = 'tib_imp.8'
    GROUP BY 
  DATEDIFF(WEEK, 0, [time]),
      DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [time]),
      DATEPART(WEEKDAY, [time]),
      DATEPART(HOUR,    [time])
  ) AS q
GROUP BY [Day], [Hour], [DayN]
ORDER BY DayN; 

This is also going to produce integer-based averages, so you may want to cast the Totals alias on the inner query to DECIMAL(something,something).