ClickHouse/docs/en/operations/table_engines/aggregatingmergetree.md
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# AggregatingMergeTree
This engine differs from `MergeTree` in that the merge combines the states of aggregate functions stored in the table for rows with the same primary key value.
For this to work, it uses the `AggregateFunction` data type, as well as `-State` and `-Merge` modifiers for aggregate functions. Let's examine it more closely.
There is an `AggregateFunction` data type. It is a parametric data type. As parameters, the name of the aggregate function is passed, then the types of its arguments.
Examples:
```sql
CREATE TABLE t
(
column1 AggregateFunction(uniq, UInt64),
column2 AggregateFunction(anyIf, String, UInt8),
column3 AggregateFunction(quantiles(0.5, 0.9), UInt64)
) ENGINE = ...
```
This type of column stores the state of an aggregate function.
To get this type of value, use aggregate functions with the `State` suffix.
Example:`uniqState(UserID), quantilesState(0.5, 0.9)(SendTiming)`
In contrast to the corresponding `uniq` and `quantiles` functions, these functions return the state, rather than the prepared value. In other words, they return an `AggregateFunction` type value.
An `AggregateFunction` type value can't be output in Pretty formats. In other formats, these types of values are output as implementation-specific binary data. The `AggregateFunction` type values are not intended for output or saving in a dump.
The only useful thing you can do with `AggregateFunction` type values is to combine the states and get a result, which essentially means to finish aggregation. Aggregate functions with the 'Merge' suffix are used for this purpose.
Example: `uniqMerge(UserIDState)`, where `UserIDState` has the `AggregateFunction` type.
In other words, an aggregate function with the 'Merge' suffix takes a set of states, combines them, and returns the result.
As an example, these two queries return the same result:
```sql
SELECT uniq(UserID) FROM table
SELECT uniqMerge(state) FROM (SELECT uniqState(UserID) AS state FROM table GROUP BY RegionID)
```
There is an `AggregatingMergeTree` engine. Its job during a merge is to combine the states of aggregate functions from different table rows with the same primary key value.
You can't use a normal INSERT to insert a row in a table containing `AggregateFunction` columns, because you can't explicitly define the `AggregateFunction` value. Instead, use `INSERT SELECT` with `-State` aggregate functions for inserting data.
With SELECT from an `AggregatingMergeTree` table, use GROUP BY and aggregate functions with the '-Merge' modifier in order to complete data aggregation.
You can use `AggregatingMergeTree` tables for incremental data aggregation, including for aggregated materialized views.
Example:
Create an `AggregatingMergeTree` materialized view that watches the `test.visits` table:
```sql
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW test.basic
ENGINE = AggregatingMergeTree(StartDate, (CounterID, StartDate), 8192)
AS SELECT
CounterID,
StartDate,
sumState(Sign) AS Visits,
uniqState(UserID) AS Users
FROM test.visits
GROUP BY CounterID, StartDate;
```
Insert data in the `test.visits` table. Data will also be inserted in the view, where it will be aggregated:
```sql
INSERT INTO test.visits ...
```
Perform `SELECT` from the view using `GROUP BY` in order to complete data aggregation:
```sql
SELECT
StartDate,
sumMerge(Visits) AS Visits,
uniqMerge(Users) AS Users
FROM test.basic
GROUP BY StartDate
ORDER BY StartDate;
```
You can create a materialized view like this and assign a normal view to it that finishes data aggregation.
Note that in most cases, using `AggregatingMergeTree` is not justified, since queries can be run efficiently enough on non-aggregated data.