Now I would like to calculate the difference in time between Start_datetime and previous Start_datetime, grouped by the column Group. The result would be something like this:
Group
Start_datetime
Stop_datetime
Time since last one
A
2012-05-01 12:00:01
2012-05-01 12:15:11
n/a
A
2012-05-01 16:00:01
2012-05-01 17:13:54
04:00:00
A
2012-05-02 05:00:01
2012-05-02 12:15:11
13:00:00
B
2012-05-01 13:00:01
2012-05-01 13:15:11
n/a
B
2012-05-02 12:00:01
2012-05-02 13:15:11
23:00:00
C
2012-05-02 13:00:01
2012-05-02 14:15:11
n/a
The next step would be to calculate the sum of all "time since last one" over a time dimension (year) and group.
The problem is not to calculate the time difference. I found the functions previous() and peak() for addressing the previous line, and interval() and timestamp() to calculate the difference and display it in any format. However - I can not find out a way to group the lines by the column Group and calculate only the matching lines!
If you could present me a solution or a hint thereof, I would be grateful.