Transposing repeated rows of datetime into columns in SQL 17
I am working with a dataset of inpatient data in SQL version 17. The fields contain anonymized ID, admission date, discharge date and other relevant fields. Since some of the patients are readmitted, the ID field is not unique. The table looks like this:
ID AdmDate1 DischDate
10001 2012-10-16 2012-10-26
10001 2014-06-15 2014-06-18
10001 2014-12-21 2014-12-29
10002 2013-02-14 2013-02-20
10003 2013-01-23 2013-01-31
10004 2012-11-15 2012-11-19
10004 2014-09-26 2014-10-06
10005 2014-12-12 2014-12-23
10006 2013-10-23 2013-10-28
Since I want to calculate readmission rate and intervals between readmissions, I want to create a table like this:
ID AdmDate1 AdmDate2 AdmDate3 DischDate1 DischDate2 DischDate3
10001 2012-10-16 2014-06-15 2014-12-21
10002 2013-02-14 None None
Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
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I am working with a dataset of inpatient data in SQL version 17. The fields contain anonymized ID, admission date, discharge date and other relevant fields. Since some of the patients are readmitted, the ID field is not unique. The table looks like this:
ID AdmDate1 DischDate
10001 2012-10-16 2012-10-26
10001 2014-06-15 2014-06-18
10001 2014-12-21 2014-12-29
10002 2013-02-14 2013-02-20
10003 2013-01-23 2013-01-31
10004 2012-11-15 2012-11-19
10004 2014-09-26 2014-10-06
10005 2014-12-12 2014-12-23
10006 2013-10-23 2013-10-28
Since I want to calculate readmission rate and intervals between readmissions, I want to create a table like this:
ID AdmDate1 AdmDate2 AdmDate3 DischDate1 DischDate2 DischDate3
10001 2012-10-16 2014-06-15 2014-12-21
10002 2013-02-14 None None
Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
sql-server pivot sql-server-2017
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The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20
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I am working with a dataset of inpatient data in SQL version 17. The fields contain anonymized ID, admission date, discharge date and other relevant fields. Since some of the patients are readmitted, the ID field is not unique. The table looks like this:
ID AdmDate1 DischDate
10001 2012-10-16 2012-10-26
10001 2014-06-15 2014-06-18
10001 2014-12-21 2014-12-29
10002 2013-02-14 2013-02-20
10003 2013-01-23 2013-01-31
10004 2012-11-15 2012-11-19
10004 2014-09-26 2014-10-06
10005 2014-12-12 2014-12-23
10006 2013-10-23 2013-10-28
Since I want to calculate readmission rate and intervals between readmissions, I want to create a table like this:
ID AdmDate1 AdmDate2 AdmDate3 DischDate1 DischDate2 DischDate3
10001 2012-10-16 2014-06-15 2014-12-21
10002 2013-02-14 None None
Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
sql-server pivot sql-server-2017
I am working with a dataset of inpatient data in SQL version 17. The fields contain anonymized ID, admission date, discharge date and other relevant fields. Since some of the patients are readmitted, the ID field is not unique. The table looks like this:
ID AdmDate1 DischDate
10001 2012-10-16 2012-10-26
10001 2014-06-15 2014-06-18
10001 2014-12-21 2014-12-29
10002 2013-02-14 2013-02-20
10003 2013-01-23 2013-01-31
10004 2012-11-15 2012-11-19
10004 2014-09-26 2014-10-06
10005 2014-12-12 2014-12-23
10006 2013-10-23 2013-10-28
Since I want to calculate readmission rate and intervals between readmissions, I want to create a table like this:
ID AdmDate1 AdmDate2 AdmDate3 DischDate1 DischDate2 DischDate3
10001 2012-10-16 2014-06-15 2014-12-21
10002 2013-02-14 None None
Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
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The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20
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The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20
The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20
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I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the
maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are
not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate.
by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to
manageable numbers
Based on this reply i started looking for a solution which uses 4 of admdates and 4 of Dischdates.
So this works, but I don't dare look at the query plan
Create test data
create table AdmissionDates(id int, AdmDate1 date, DischDate date)
insert into AdmissionDates(id,AdmDate1,DischDate)
VALUES( 10001 , '2012-10-16' , '2012-10-26'),
(10001 , '2014-06-15' , '2014-06-18') ,
(10001 , '2014-12-21' , '2014-12-29') ,
(10002 , '2013-02-14' , '2013-02-20') ,
(10003 , '2013-01-23' , '2013-01-31') ,
(10004 , '2012-11-15' , '2012-11-19') ,
(10004 , '2014-09-26' , '2014-10-06') ,
(10005 , '2014-12-12' , '2014-12-23') ,
(10006 , '2013-10-23' , '2013-10-28')
select id,row_number() over( partition by id order by admDate1 asc) as rownum, AdmDate1,row_number() over( partition by id order by DischDate asc) as rownum2, DischDate
into #temp
from AdmissionDates;
The Query
select DISTINCT id,
t2.admDate1 as admDate1,
t3.admDate1 as admDate2,
t4.admDate1 as admDate3,
t5.admDate1 as admDate4,
T6.DischDate as DischDate1,
T7.DischDate as DischDate2,
T8.DischDate as DischDate3,
T9.DischDate as DischDate4
FROM
#temp t1
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T2
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T3
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T4
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T5
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T6
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T7
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T8
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T9;
DROP TABLE #temp;
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I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the
maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are
not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate.
by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to
manageable numbers
Based on this reply i started looking for a solution which uses 4 of admdates and 4 of Dischdates.
So this works, but I don't dare look at the query plan
Create test data
create table AdmissionDates(id int, AdmDate1 date, DischDate date)
insert into AdmissionDates(id,AdmDate1,DischDate)
VALUES( 10001 , '2012-10-16' , '2012-10-26'),
(10001 , '2014-06-15' , '2014-06-18') ,
(10001 , '2014-12-21' , '2014-12-29') ,
(10002 , '2013-02-14' , '2013-02-20') ,
(10003 , '2013-01-23' , '2013-01-31') ,
(10004 , '2012-11-15' , '2012-11-19') ,
(10004 , '2014-09-26' , '2014-10-06') ,
(10005 , '2014-12-12' , '2014-12-23') ,
(10006 , '2013-10-23' , '2013-10-28')
select id,row_number() over( partition by id order by admDate1 asc) as rownum, AdmDate1,row_number() over( partition by id order by DischDate asc) as rownum2, DischDate
into #temp
from AdmissionDates;
The Query
select DISTINCT id,
t2.admDate1 as admDate1,
t3.admDate1 as admDate2,
t4.admDate1 as admDate3,
t5.admDate1 as admDate4,
T6.DischDate as DischDate1,
T7.DischDate as DischDate2,
T8.DischDate as DischDate3,
T9.DischDate as DischDate4
FROM
#temp t1
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T2
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T3
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T4
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T5
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T6
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T7
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T8
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T9;
DROP TABLE #temp;
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I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the
maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are
not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate.
by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to
manageable numbers
Based on this reply i started looking for a solution which uses 4 of admdates and 4 of Dischdates.
So this works, but I don't dare look at the query plan
Create test data
create table AdmissionDates(id int, AdmDate1 date, DischDate date)
insert into AdmissionDates(id,AdmDate1,DischDate)
VALUES( 10001 , '2012-10-16' , '2012-10-26'),
(10001 , '2014-06-15' , '2014-06-18') ,
(10001 , '2014-12-21' , '2014-12-29') ,
(10002 , '2013-02-14' , '2013-02-20') ,
(10003 , '2013-01-23' , '2013-01-31') ,
(10004 , '2012-11-15' , '2012-11-19') ,
(10004 , '2014-09-26' , '2014-10-06') ,
(10005 , '2014-12-12' , '2014-12-23') ,
(10006 , '2013-10-23' , '2013-10-28')
select id,row_number() over( partition by id order by admDate1 asc) as rownum, AdmDate1,row_number() over( partition by id order by DischDate asc) as rownum2, DischDate
into #temp
from AdmissionDates;
The Query
select DISTINCT id,
t2.admDate1 as admDate1,
t3.admDate1 as admDate2,
t4.admDate1 as admDate3,
t5.admDate1 as admDate4,
T6.DischDate as DischDate1,
T7.DischDate as DischDate2,
T8.DischDate as DischDate3,
T9.DischDate as DischDate4
FROM
#temp t1
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T2
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T3
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T4
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T5
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T6
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T7
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T8
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T9;
DROP TABLE #temp;
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I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the
maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are
not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate.
by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to
manageable numbers
Based on this reply i started looking for a solution which uses 4 of admdates and 4 of Dischdates.
So this works, but I don't dare look at the query plan
Create test data
create table AdmissionDates(id int, AdmDate1 date, DischDate date)
insert into AdmissionDates(id,AdmDate1,DischDate)
VALUES( 10001 , '2012-10-16' , '2012-10-26'),
(10001 , '2014-06-15' , '2014-06-18') ,
(10001 , '2014-12-21' , '2014-12-29') ,
(10002 , '2013-02-14' , '2013-02-20') ,
(10003 , '2013-01-23' , '2013-01-31') ,
(10004 , '2012-11-15' , '2012-11-19') ,
(10004 , '2014-09-26' , '2014-10-06') ,
(10005 , '2014-12-12' , '2014-12-23') ,
(10006 , '2013-10-23' , '2013-10-28')
select id,row_number() over( partition by id order by admDate1 asc) as rownum, AdmDate1,row_number() over( partition by id order by DischDate asc) as rownum2, DischDate
into #temp
from AdmissionDates;
The Query
select DISTINCT id,
t2.admDate1 as admDate1,
t3.admDate1 as admDate2,
t4.admDate1 as admDate3,
t5.admDate1 as admDate4,
T6.DischDate as DischDate1,
T7.DischDate as DischDate2,
T8.DischDate as DischDate3,
T9.DischDate as DischDate4
FROM
#temp t1
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T2
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T3
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T4
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T5
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T6
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T7
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T8
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T9;
DROP TABLE #temp;
I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the
maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are
not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate.
by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to
manageable numbers
Based on this reply i started looking for a solution which uses 4 of admdates and 4 of Dischdates.
So this works, but I don't dare look at the query plan
Create test data
create table AdmissionDates(id int, AdmDate1 date, DischDate date)
insert into AdmissionDates(id,AdmDate1,DischDate)
VALUES( 10001 , '2012-10-16' , '2012-10-26'),
(10001 , '2014-06-15' , '2014-06-18') ,
(10001 , '2014-12-21' , '2014-12-29') ,
(10002 , '2013-02-14' , '2013-02-20') ,
(10003 , '2013-01-23' , '2013-01-31') ,
(10004 , '2012-11-15' , '2012-11-19') ,
(10004 , '2014-09-26' , '2014-10-06') ,
(10005 , '2014-12-12' , '2014-12-23') ,
(10006 , '2013-10-23' , '2013-10-28')
select id,row_number() over( partition by id order by admDate1 asc) as rownum, AdmDate1,row_number() over( partition by id order by DischDate asc) as rownum2, DischDate
into #temp
from AdmissionDates;
The Query
select DISTINCT id,
t2.admDate1 as admDate1,
t3.admDate1 as admDate2,
t4.admDate1 as admDate3,
t5.admDate1 as admDate4,
T6.DischDate as DischDate1,
T7.DischDate as DischDate2,
T8.DischDate as DischDate3,
T9.DischDate as DischDate4
FROM
#temp t1
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T2
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T3
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T4
OUTER APPLY
(select admDate1 from #temp T2 where rownum = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T5
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 1 and T2.id = T1.id) as T6
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 2 and T2.id = T1.id) as T7
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 3 and T2.id = T1.id) as T8
OUTER APPLY
(select DischDate from #temp T2 where rownum2 = 4 and T2.id = T1.id) as T9;
DROP TABLE #temp;
answered Nov 13 '18 at 22:32
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The problem for me is that you have no real amount of max adm dates + dischDates. While it is possible through some form of query, it will go really slow when data gets bigger. (looping over all the records). Your dataset returned will also get bigger and bigger horizontically, which is not ideal.
– Randi Vertongen
Nov 10 '18 at 20:53
It would be easy enough to do using a dynamic pivot... but... based on your use case, I don't think you want to. Having your rows pivoted to columns will make your analysis far more difficult than it needs to be. Use a pivot in the final display if you want but keep in rows to do the actual math.
– Jason A. Long
Nov 11 '18 at 3:45
Thank you @RandiVertongen. I have counted the rows in the columns of AdmDate1 and found the maximum admission frequency is 35. Since readmissions more than 4 are not many, I can remove the rows with rn>4 for AdmDate1 and DischDate. by doing this, the number of columns to be created will be reduced to manageable numbers.
– Mel
Nov 11 '18 at 5:20