Doing calculation in ruby on rails Model.sum() - ruby-on-rails

I have a model called Data and some columns called timestamp, value1 and value2. I would like to use it with highstock chart.
Before the chart is printed I would like some calculations on it:
Summarize the result of value1 devided by value2 (value1/value2) by each day or month or year and put it in an array like [[timestamp_day, value1/value2], [...], ...].
I'm able to do the "timestamp-grouping". But I'm hanging on summarize the value1/value2.
Is there a way to do it like .sum(value1/value2)? Or is there any way to define a virtual column that does the calculation?
Thanks & best regards, Andreas

If you're trying to grab the calculated values right from the database you can pass an expression into the active record sum function.
Data.group(:timestamp).sum("value1 / value2")

#array = #collection.collect { |c| [v.timestamp, (v.value1+v.value2 /3)] }
#collection is the collection/array of all your data
#array will be of this format after collect is executed: [[timestamp_day, value1/value2], [...], ...]
The one thing that isn't clear is what the denominator is. I use "3" here but could be anything you want. You could even call up another method to get it if it's a complex operation.

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Active record sum giving the wrong answer

Hi I'm working on a project and I have to get the sum of an attribute of a active record collection. So I used:
#total = #records.sum(:cost)
However this gives the wrong value, for example if I have:
#records.each{ |x| puts x.cost}
I get 118.80 and 108.00
but for #total I get 680.40, which obviously isn't the answer, however if I use:
#total = 0
#records.each{ |x| #total = #total + x.cost}
I get the right answer of 226.80
If anyone can help me understand what is going on here it would be greatly appreciated.
Be careful, as a record collection is an instance of ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy, not an Array. It means that if you call:
#object.collection.sum(:cost)
actually what gets called is this method: http://apidock.com/rails/v4.2.7/ActiveRecord/Calculations/sum
And it will call sum in the SQL database, so the result gets influenced by the parameters of the query, e.g. groups, joins, etc.
While if you want to use Array sum, as in here: http://apidock.com/rails/Enumerable/sum
You would have to make your object Array first, via to_a:
#object.collection.to_a.sum(&:cost)
try this:
pluck the values of attr cost into an array and aggregate their sum
#total = #records.pluck(:cost).sum

What is simplest way to convert :pluck or :collect results to array of strings in Rails?

I have a model called Record and belongs Product model,
the price column type is hexadecimal. Rails already convert it to string in view. But I wanna get them in my console queries.
Example code for pluck:
Product.first.records.pluck(:price)
This query displays the values in array as hexadecimal. There is a method called to_sentences for pluck values but its not enough for my case.
The problem is same in collect method:
Product.first.records.collect(&:price)
What is the pluck query to display my hexadecimal data as array of strings like:
["45,46","75,42"]
Product.first.records.pluck(:price).map(&:to_s)
please try this:
Product.first.records.pluck(:price).join(',')

How to sum columns and group by date column in Rails

I have a model with following columns
Charges Model
Date
fee
discount
Data
1/1/15, 1, 1
1/1/15, 2, 1
2/2/15, 3, 3
I have a few named scopes like this_year
I want to do something like Charges.this_year.summed_up
How do I make a named scope for this.
The returned response then should be:
1/1/15, 3, 2
2/2/15, 3, 3
Assuming you have a model with a date field(eg. published_at) and 2 integer fields(eg. fee, discount). You can use "group" method to run GROUP BY on published_at. Then just use sum method if you want only sum of one fields. If you want more than one field, you have to run a select with SQL SUMs inside, to get multiple column sums. Here is an example.
Charge..group(published_at)
.select("published_at, SUM(fee) AS sum_fee, SUM(discount) AS sum_discount")
.order("published_at")
Note: Summarized fields won't show up in rails console return value prompt. But they are there for you to use.
Depending upon what end result you want, you may want to look at .group(:attribute) rather than .group_by:
Charge.group(:date).each do |charge|
charge.where('date = ?', charge.date).sum(:fee)
charge.where('date = ?', charge.date).sum(:discount)
end
I found this approach easier, especially if setting multiple conditions on the data you want to extract from the table.
In any case, I had an accounting model that presented this kind of issue where I needed credit and debit plus type of payment info on a single table and spent a fruitful few hours learning all about group_by before realizing that .group() offered a simple solution.

How to manipulate hash keys to transform numeric months to names

I have an AR query that returns a hash of events per month, ordered by month
o.events.group("to_char(date,'MM')").order("to_char(date,'MM')").size()
I'm using numeric months in this query as it was the best way I could find to get things in the correct order, and I also need to do some other manipulations on the hash.
Before display the results, I need to convert the numeric months back to words. I added the following to the end of the query
.each_key{ |key| Date::MONTHNAMES[key] }
But i get
TypeError: can't convert String into Integer.
So i tried
.each_key{ |key| Date::MONTHNAMES[key.to_i] }
But the months remain in numeric form
{"01"=>4, "02"=>3.....
How can i manipulate this hash to get
{"January"=>4, "February"=>3.....
Make a new Hash. If you can't, make a new key in the current hash and delete the original key. You can't simply change a key, since key is a local variable in the block, and changing it in no way impacts the contents of the Hash.
This ? :
def number_to_month(number)
(Time.now.beginning_of_year + number.months).strftime("%B")
end
There are ways to generate a new hash but I think you could just convert the strings to month names in your view right before displaying them. Use the code you already wrote inside the block in your question but put it in your view.

How do I collect and combine multiple arrays for calculation?

I am collecting the values for a specific column from a named_scope as follows:
a = survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:base_pay)
This gives me a numeric array for example (1,2,3,4,5). I can then pass this array into various functions I have created to retrieve the mean, median, standard deviation of the number set. This all works fine however I now need to start combining multiple columns of data to carry out the same types of calculation.
I need to collect the details of perhaps three fields as follows:
survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:base_pay)
survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:bonus_pay)
survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:overtime_pay)
This will give me 3 arrays. I then need to combine these into a single array by adding each of the matching values together - i.e. add the first result from each array, the second result from each array and so on so I have an array of the totals.
How do I create a method which will collect all of this data together and how do I call it from the view template?
Really appreciate any help on this one...
Thanks
Simon
s = survey_job.survey_responses
pay = s.collect(&:base_pay).zip(s.collect(&:bonus_pay), s.collect(&:overtime_pay))
pay.map{|i| i.compact.inject(&:+) }
Do that, but with meaningful variable names and I think it will work.
Define a normal method in app/helpers/_helper.rb and it will work in the view
Edit: now it works if they contain nil or are of different sizes (as long as the longest array is the one on which zip is called.
Here's a method that will combine an arbitrary number of arrays by taking the sum at each index. It'll allow each array to be of different length, too.
def combine(*arrays)
# Get the length of the largest array, that'll be the number of iterations needed
maxlen = arrays.map(&:length).max
out = []
maxlen.times do |i|
# Push the sum of all array elements at a given index to the result array
out.push( arrays.map{|a| a[i]}.inject(0) { |memo, value| memo += value.to_i } )
end
out
end
Then, in the controller, you could do
base_pay = survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:base_pay)
bonus_pay = survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:bonus_pay)
overtime_pay = survey_job.survey_responses.collect(&:overtime_pay)
#total_pay = combine(base_pay, bonus_pay, overtime_pay)
And then refer to #total_pay as needed in your view.

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