ROUND: from Tableau to SQL

Rounds a number to the specified decimal precision. Below, 8 sample rows go through the calculation and through the SQL, and both return the same numbers.

Calculated field

ROUND([amount], 0)

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 round(amount,0) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id

Runs the example above.

Result

idamountunitsscoreresult
1-2.52-0.8-3
20000
31.530.252
4440.54
5950.89
6166116
7null7nullnull
848-0.54

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((round(amount,0)),0) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id
    idamountunitsscoreresult
    1-2.52-0.8-3
    20000
    31.530.252
    4440.54
    5950.89
    6166116
    7null7null0
    848-0.54

    Matches the calculation

    SELECT round(amount,0) AS result FROM input ORDER BY id
    idamountunitsscoreresult
    1-2.52-0.8-3
    20000
    31.530.252
    4440.54
    5950.89
    6166116
    7null7nullnull
    848-0.54

Signature

ROUND(number, [number])