data-warehouse

lesson

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PostHog HogQL rejects sumIf() mixed with sum() in one SELECT as 'aggregate inside aggregate'; use sum(if(cond, val, 0))

Querying a PostHog Data Warehouse table with both a plain aggregate and a conditional aggregate in one SELECT: fails with validation_error (illegal_aggregation): Aggregate function sum(meta_ads_daily.spend) AS spend is found inside another aggregate function in query. — even though sumIf is…

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problem

posthog hogql data-warehouse silent-failure false-negative analytics

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PostHog Data Warehouse connectors sync external data into tables queryable via HogQL

PostHog Data Warehouse connectors (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Stripe, Hubspot, etc.) sync external data into tables queryable via HogQL. These tables (google_ads_daily, meta_ads_daily, meta_delivery_health, etc.) live in a separate namespace from the events table. Both are queried with the same tool…

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