SET group_by_two_level_threshold_bytes = 1; SET group_by_two_level_threshold = 1; SELECT groupArray(DISTINCT toString(number % 10)) FROM numbers_mt(50000) GROUP BY number ORDER BY number LIMIT 10 SETTINGS max_threads = 2, max_block_size = 2000; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dictinct_two_level; CREATE TABLE dictinct_two_level ( time DateTime64(3), domain String, subdomain String ) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY time; INSERT INTO dictinct_two_level SELECT 1546300800000, 'test.com', concat('foo', toString(number % 10000)) from numbers(10000); INSERT INTO dictinct_two_level SELECT 1546300800000, concat('test.com', toString(number / 10000)) , concat('foo', toString(number % 10000)) from numbers(10000); SELECT domain, groupArraySample(5, 11111)(DISTINCT subdomain) AS example_subdomains FROM dictinct_two_level GROUP BY domain ORDER BY domain, example_subdomains LIMIT 10; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dictinct_two_level;