Do we have any function that we can use in Quick Sight calculated field to get the weighted percentile?
We are using this method in Athena, but couldn’t find a similar method in Quick Sight?
https://prestodb.io/docs/current/functions/aggregate.html#approx_percentile-x-percentage-same-as-x:~:text= )%3B%0A%2D%2D%5B25%2C30%2C33%5D-,approx_percentile,-(x%2C%20w
Nico
July 9, 2025, 7:24am
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Hi @akshit97 ,
welcome to the community
Have you seen this post? I think it is very similar to your question and should solve it:
Hey @Max
Thanks for the reply (as always! ).
Not sure I understand what you mean? Do you want to see the calculation or do you want to see the values used in the calculation?
I’m trying to work out what the top (75th) quartile is for our sales people for a given product category and ccy , based on daily average sales. So the question im trying to answer is - how many sales do I need to make (on average per day) to be in the top quartile of sales for the given category.
I have …
Best regards,
Nico
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