Question

There are two sql queries, I want to write as one query.
the second query display the count of distinct records where action_text like ‘%STAFF%’.
I tried using UNION but It did not work.

select date(dated) date_ord,
count(DISTINCT order_number) as orders_placed, 
sum(case when action_text like '%STAFF%' then 1 else 0 end) AS orders_staff,
sum(case when action_text in (
                'CBA Capture attempt',
                'GCO Capture attempt',
                'PPP Capture',
                'PPE Capture',
                'Staff CC capture',
                'Web CC capture',
                'Staff Finance WIRE authorized',
                'Staff Finance PO authorized',
                'Staff Finance COD authorized',
                'Authorized The CPIC') then 1 else 0 end)     AS     orders_manuallycaptured
 from stats.sales_actions
 group by date_ord 
 order by dated desc


SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT order_number) as unique_orderstouched,
date(dated) date_ords
FROM sales_actions
WHERE action_text like '%STAFF%' 
group by date_ords 
order by dated desc

Answer 1

As far as I can tell, the only new column in the second query is COUNT(DISTINCT order_number) ... WHERE action_text LIKE '%STAFF%'.

Then you can just add in a COUNT(DISTINCT IF(action-text LIKE '%STAFF%',order_number,NULL)) as unique_orderstouched to your original query.

(Also I assume the table stats.sales_actions in your first query is the same as the table sales_actions in your second query?).

You’d end up with:

select date(dated) date_ord,
count(DISTINCT order_number) as orders_placed, 
sum(case when action_text like '%STAFF%' then 1 else 0 end) AS orders_staff,
sum(case when action_text in (
                'CBA Capture attempt',
                'GCO Capture attempt',
                'PPP Capture',
                'PPE Capture',
                'Staff CC capture',
                'Web CC capture',
                'Staff Finance WIRE authorized',
                'Staff Finance PO authorized',
                'Staff Finance COD authorized',
                'Authorized The CPIC') then 1 else 0 end) AS orders_manuallycaptured,
-- new line follows
COUNT(DISTINCT IF(action-text LIKE '%STAFF%',order_number,NULL)) 
   AS unique_orderstouched
 from stats.sales_actions
 group by date_ord 
 order by dated desc

The COUNT( DISTINCT IF( condition, order_number, NULL ) ) is like saying COUNT( DISTINCT order_number ) ... WHERE <condition> — you can also think of it as being like your SUM( CASE WHEN condition THEN 1 ELSE 0), but with a DISTINCT in it.