SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL)

Name Data Type Default Value Description
SEED Integer 0 Indicates the seed used to initialize
the random number
generator.
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0: Uses the system time
Not 0: Uses the specified
seed
THREAD_NUMBER Integer 1 Specifies the number of
threads.
Output Table
Table 344:
Table Column Column Data Type Description
Result 1st column Integer ID
2nd column Double Defined number of random
data to be generated
Example
Assume that:
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DM_PAL is a schema belonging to USER1; and
USER1 has been assigned the AFLPM_CREATOR_ERASER_EXECUTE role; and
USER1 has been assigned the AFL__SYS_AFL_AFLPAL_EXECUTE or
AFL__SYS_AFL_AFLPAL_EXECUTE_WITH_GRANT_OPTION role.
SET SCHEMA DM_PAL;
DROP TYPE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_DISTRPARAM_T;
CREATE TYPE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_DISTRPARAM_T AS TABLE(
"NAME" VARCHAR(100),
"VALUE" VARCHAR(100)
);
DROP TYPE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_RESULT_T;
CREATE TYPE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_RESULT_T AS TABLE(
"ID" INTEGER,
"RANDOM" DOUBLE
);
DROP TYPE PAL_CONTROL_T;
CREATE TYPE PAL_CONTROL_T AS TABLE(
"NAME" VARCHAR (100),
"INTARGS" INTEGER,
"DOUBLEARGS" DOUBLE,
"STRINGARGS" VARCHAR (100)
);
DROP TABLE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_PDATA_TBL;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE PAL_DISTRRANDOM_PDATA_TBL(
"POSITION" INT,
"SCHEMA_NAME" NVARCHAR(256),
"TYPE_NAME" NVARCHAR(256),
"PARAMETER_TYPE" VARCHAR(7)
);
INSERT INTO PAL_DISTRRANDOM_PDATA_TBL VALUES
(1,'DM_PAL','PAL_DISTRRANDOM_DISTRPARAM_T', 'IN');
INSERT INTO PAL_DISTRRANDOM_PDATA_TBL VALUES (2,'DM_PAL','PAL_CONTROL_T', 'IN');
468 P U B L I C
SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL)
PAL Functions