BITMAP_INTERSECT
Description
Used to calculate the intersection of grouped Bitmaps. Common use case: calculating user retention.
Syntax
BITMAP_INTERSECT(BITMAP <value>)
Arguments
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| <value> | Data type supporting Bitmap | 
Return Value
Returns a value of Bitmap type. If there is no valid data in the group, returns NULL.
Example
Example
-- setup
CREATE TABLE user_tags (
	tag VARCHAR(20),
	date DATETIME,
	user_id BITMAP bitmap_union
) AGGREGATE KEY(tag, date) DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(tag) BUCKETS 1
PROPERTIES ("replication_num" = "1");
INSERT INTO user_tags VALUES
	('A', '2020-05-18', to_bitmap(1)),
	('A', '2020-05-18', to_bitmap(2)),
	('A', '2020-05-19', to_bitmap(2)),
	('A', '2020-05-19', to_bitmap(3)),
	('B', '2020-05-18', to_bitmap(4)),
	('B', '2020-05-19', to_bitmap(4)),
	('B', '2020-05-19', to_bitmap(5));
select tag, bitmap_to_string(bitmap_intersect(user_id)) from (
	select tag, date, bitmap_union(user_id) user_id from user_tags where date in ('2020-05-18', '2020-05-19') group by tag, date
) a group by tag;
Query the user retention for different tags between today and yesterday.
+------+---------------------------------------------+
| tag  | bitmap_to_string(bitmap_intersect(user_id)) |
+------+---------------------------------------------+
| A    | 2                                           |
| B    | 4                                           |
+------+---------------------------------------------+
select bitmap_to_string(bitmap_intersect(user_id)) from user_tags where tag is null;
+---------------------------------------------+
| bitmap_to_string(bitmap_intersect(user_id)) |
+---------------------------------------------+
|                                             |
+---------------------------------------------+