# percentileOver


The `percentileOver` function calculates the *n*th percentile of a measure partitioned by a list of dimensions. There are two varieties of the `percentileOver` calculation available in Quick:
+ [https://docs.amazonaws.cn/quicksight/latest/user/percentileContOver-function.html](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/quicksight/latest/user/percentileContOver-function.html) uses linear interpolation to determine result.
+ [https://docs.amazonaws.cn/quicksight/latest/user/percentileDiscOver-function.html](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/quicksight/latest/user/percentileDiscOver-function.html) uses actual values to determine result. 

The `percentileOver` function is an alias of `percentileDiscOver`.