AVG OVER in Redshift

This page is a quick reference checkpoint for AVG OVER in Redshift: behavior, syntax rules, edge cases, and a minimal example; plus the official vendor documentation.


Function Details

AVG OVER returns the average value of an expression across the window frame.

No behavioral details such as default frames, NULL-handling, or ordering requirements are described.

If this behavior feels unintuitive, the tutorial below explains the underlying pattern step-by-step.

AVG(expr) OVER (window) is supported; examples show PARTITION BY and ORDER BY usage.

SELECT AVG(price) OVER (PARTITION BY category ORDER BY saletime) FROM sales;

What should you do next?

If you came here to confirm syntax, you’re done. If you came here to get better at window functions, choose your next step.

Understand the pattern

AVG OVER is part of a bigger window-function pattern. If you want the “why”, start here: Aggregate Window Functions

Prove it with a real query

Reading docs is useful. Writing the query correctly under pressure is the skill.

Customer Spending, Averaged and Analyzed

Support Status

  • Supported: yes
  • Minimum Version: Amazon Redshift auto-upgrades all clusters and does not publish SQL-by-version details, so minimum version is not applicable.

Official Documentation

For the authoritative spec, use the vendor docs. This page is the fast “sanity check”.

View Redshift Documentation →

Looking for more functions across all SQL dialects? Visit the full SQL Dialects & Window Functions Documentation.