REDISTRIBUTE
Basic Overview
Description | Calculates a weighted redistribution of the RedistributionValue following the specified DistributionWeight. The redistribution stays within the boundaries of clusters, which can be specified by the provided ClusterLevels.
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Signature | REDISTRIBUTE(RedistributionValue, DistributionWeight [, ClusterLevels]) |
Parameters |
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Limitations | If any of the following points occurs, an error will appear:
The result unit will be the same as the RedistributionValue input. |
Example
An example is shown below, where “Category” and “Type” are from the same dimension:
‘RedistributionValue’ node: the input node with values that are to be redistributed
Category | Type | Value |
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Land | Car | - |
Land | Truck | 2 |
Land | Motorbike | - |
Sea | Boat | -5 |
‘DistributionWeight' node: a node with the distribution weight values of the redistribution values
Category | Type | DistributionWeight |
---|---|---|
Land | Car | 10 |
Land | Truck | 20 |
Land | Motorbike | 30 |
Sea | Boat | 40 |
If the function was executed clustering on the “Category” level, e.g. REDISTRIBUTE(‘RedistributionValue’, ‘DistributionWeight', [“Category”]) then the redistribution of the RedistributionValue would be as follows:
Category | Type | DistributionWeight | Redistribute Truck | Redistribute Boat | Result |
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Land | Car | 10 | 2 * (10 / (10 + 30)) = 0.5 | - | 0.5 |
Land | Truck | 20 | - | - | - |
Land | Motorbike | 30 | 2 * (30 / (10 + 30)) = 1.5 | - | 1.5 |
Sea | Boat | 40 | - | - | - |
Redistribution calculations only need to be performed for “Truck” and “Boat” as they are the only rows in the RedistributionValue table that have non-zero values.
For the “Truck“ redistribution the “Boat” is not included as it is within a different “Category” level value.
For the “Boat” redistribution as it is the only row that is within the category cluster there are no calculations that need to be done.
If the same RedistributionValue was used but the function was called with no clustering of levels, e.g. REDISTRIBUTE( ‘RedistributionValue’, ‘DistributionWeight') then the redistribution of RedistributionValue would be as follows
Category | Type | DistributionWeight | Redistribute Truck | Redistribute Boat | Result |
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Land | Car | 10 | 2 * (10 / (10 + 30 + 40)) = 0.25 | -5 * (10 / (10 + 20 + 30)) = -0.83 | 0.25 + (-0.83)= -0.58 |
Land | Truck | 20 | - | -5 * (20 / (10 + 20 + 30)) = -0.83 | -1.67 |
Land | Motorbike | 30 | 2 * (30 / (10 + 30 + 40)) = 0.75 | -5 * (30/ (10 + 20 + 30)) = -2.5 | 0.75 + (-2.5) = -1.75 |
Sea | Boat | 40 | 2 * (40 / (10 + 30 + 40)) = 1 | - | 1 |
Note: cases where there are multiple values for a single line (e.g., for “Car”) can occur when clustering is in use and if there are multiple changes to rows within the same cluster.
Example 2
In a case where there are levels included in the RedistributionValue frame that are not within the same dimension of the clustering level(s), it is required to remove the influence of these levels when calculating the “value” in calculations, which gives the distribution of the rows within the clustered levels. Though these levels are still used to match rows between the RedistributionValue and DistributionWeight tables.
An example of this can be shown by expanding the RedistributionValue from above by adding a “Colour” level:
‘RedistributionValue’ node: the input node with values that are to be redistributed
Category | Type | Colour | Value |
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Land | Car | White | - |
Land | Car | Black | - |
Land | Truck | White | 2 |
Land | Truck | Black | 3 |
Land | Motorbike | Black | - |
Land | Motorbike | White | - |
Sea | Boat | White | -5 |
‘DistributionWeight’ node: a node with the distribution weight values of the redistribution values.
Category | Type | Colour | Distribution |
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Land | Car | White | 10 |
Land | Car | Black | 10 |
Land | Truck | White | 10 |
Land | Truck | Black | 20 |
Land | Motorbike | Black | 10 |
Land | Motorbike | White | 5 |
Sea | Boat | White | 40 |
If the function was executed with clustering on the “Category” level again, e.g. REDISTRIBUTE(‘RedistributionValue’, ‘DistributionWeight', [“Category”]), then it first requires a distribution table to be calculated that removes the influence of “Colour” by dropping the level from the DistributionWeight table. This happens automatically.
Category | Type | DistributionWeight |
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Land | Car | 20 |
Land | Truck | 30 |
Land | Motorbike | 15 |
Sea | Boat | 40 |
The new redistribution result values are calculated as follows:
Category | Type | Colour | DistributionWeight | Redistribute Truck White | Redistribute Truck Black | Redistribute Boat White | Result |
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Land | Car | White | 10 | 2 * (20 / (20 + 15)) = 1.14 | - | - | 1.14 |
Land | Car | Black | 10 | - | 3 * (20/ (20 + 15)) = 1.71 | - | 1.71 |
Land | Truck | White | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Land | Truck | Black | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Land | Motorbike | Black | 10 | - | 3 * (15/ (20 + 15)) = 129 | - | 1.29 |
Land | Motorbike | White | 5 | 2 * (15/ (20 + 15)) = 0.86 | - | - | 0.86 |
Sea | Boat | White | 40 | - | - | - | - |