This is a little complicated. Instead of using rank()
or the like, use lag()
to see when something changes. Then do a cumulative sum of the flag.
select dept, date1,
CASE WHEN StartFlag = 0 THEN 1
ELSE 1+StartFlag+NVL(lag(StartFlag) over (order by date1),0)
END as rnk
from (select t1.*,
(case when dept = lag(dept) over (order by date1)
then 1
else 0
end) as StartFlag
from t1
) t1
order by date1;
Here is the SQLFiddle.
EDIT:
This is Gordon editing my own answer. Oops. The original query was 90% of the way there. It identified the groups where the numbers should increase, but did not assign the numbers within the groups. I would do this with another level of row_number()
as in:
select dept, date1,
row_number() over (partition by dept, grp order by date1) as rnk
from (select dept, date1, startflag,
sum(StartFlag) over (partition by dept order by date1) as grp
from (select t1.*,
(case when dept = lag(dept) over (order by date1)
then 0
else 1
end) as StartFlag
from t1
) t1
) t1
order by date1;
So, the overall idea is the following. First use lag()
to determine where a group begins (that is, where there is a department change from one date to the next). Then, assign a "group id" to these, by doing a cumulative sum. These are the records that are to be enumerated. The final step is to enumerate them using row_number()
.