Cubify

Cubify your SQL query

Cubify package creates a patch over standard MySQL/MariaDB behaviour where CUBE function is not available. All you need to do is choose your DBMS and provide your query, along with dimensions, measures and masks.

Example

The table "spotted_animals" tracks animals spotted in different areas in Banff NP Canada in winter:

Year	Transect	Species	Snow depth	Num animals
2015	Dog Loop	NULL	30	0
2014	Cascade	fox	2	1
2016	Hoodoos	elk	26	2
2015	Airfield	elk	11	7
2015	Dog Loop	deer	11	1
2016	Airfield	coyote	14	3
2015	Airfield	deer	16	2
2016	Healy North	deer	24	1
2016	40 Mile	coyote	12	1
more rows...

To find:

average snow depth and total number of animals spotted:

• per year,transect and species
• per year and transect, regardless of species
• per year and species, regardless of transect

use MysqlCube:

$cube = new MysqlCube(
    //sql connection
    new mysqli('localhost','root','','wildlife_test',3308),
    //base query
    'SELECT * FROM spotted_animals',
    //masks
    ['111', '110', '101'],
    //dimensions
    ['Transect', 'Year', 'Species'],
    //measures & aggregate functions
     ['Snow depth' => 'AVG', 'Num animals' => 'SUM']
);
$data = $cube->getResultDataset();
print_r($data);

5 arguments were passed:

1. MySQL database connection
2. Base query - this is a statement you want to cubify (use CUBE)
3. Masks represent grouping sets with regard to dimensions` order (see table below)
4. Dimensions are "GROUP BY" columns
5. Measures are numbers to be aggregated by per each combination

Mask	Transect	Year	Species	Snow depth	Num animals
111	value	value	value	AVG(Snow depth)	SUM(Num animals)
110	value	value	(total)	AVG(Snow depth)	SUM(Num animals)
101	value	(total)	value	AVG(Snow depth)	SUM(Num animals)

Use output:

Method getResultDataset() returns array which can be translated to a following table:

Mask	Transect	Year	Species	Snow depth	Num animals
101	Cascade	(total)	fox	18.0000	10
101	Dog Loop	(total)	elk	25.7895	44
101	Dog Loop	(total)	fox	21.5000	2
110	Cascade	2014	(total)	15.5444	122
110	Cascade	2015	(total)	18.4649	114
110	Cascade	2016	(total)	19.3472	116
110	Dog Loop	2014	(total)	10.1221	127
110	Dog Loop	2015	(total)	25.7264	102
110	Dog Loop	2016	(total)	21.3565	172
111	Cascade	2014	elk	21.4118	90
111	Cascade	2014	fox	2.0000	2
111	Cascade	2015	elk	19.7500	57
111	Cascade	2015	fox	22.5714	8
111	Cascade	2016	elk	21.6875	46
111	Dog Loop	2014	elk	6.5000	6
111	Dog Loop	2015	elk	31.0000	19
111	Dog Loop	2016	fox	21.5000	2
more rows...

Output methods

getCubeQuery() returns final query that can be used for further SQL operations

getResult() returns SQL result object

getResultDataset() returns the complete dataset as an array

Known limitations

• Cubify does not provide Cartesian cube (all combinations for all dimensions values), the final dataset only contains only combinations that exist in the base query dataset
• At the moment, it can be only used with MySQL (though other "cubes" can be added easily implementing the SqlCube interface)