COS: from Tableau to SQL

Returns the cosine of an angle in radians. Below, 8 sample rows go through the calculation and through the SQL, and both return the same numbers.

Calculated field

COS([score])

Sample data

idamountunitsscoreother
1-2.52-0.83
20004
31.530.252
4440.58
5950.811
6166114
7null7null9
848-0.5null

The same calculation as SQL

SELECT cos(score) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id

Runs the example above.

Result

idamountunitsscoreresult
1-2.52-0.80.696707
20001
31.530.250.968912
4440.50.877583
5950.80.696707
616610.540302
7null7nullnull
848-0.50.877583

Same rows from the calculation and from the SQL in DuckDB.

Where a naive translation goes wrong

  • Replacing null results with zero changes missing-value semantics.

    Naive SQL

    SELECT coalesce((cos(score)),0) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id
    idamountunitsscoreresult
    1-2.52-0.80.696707
    20001
    31.530.250.968912
    4440.50.877583
    5950.80.696707
    616610.540302
    7null7null0
    848-0.50.877583

    Matches the calculation

    SELECT cos(score) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id
    idamountunitsscoreresult
    1-2.52-0.80.696707
    20001
    31.530.250.968912
    4440.50.877583
    5950.80.696707
    616610.540302
    7null7nullnull
    848-0.50.877583

Signature

COS(number)