Dashboard aggregation fetches all rows for the month in PHP instead of using SQL GROUP BY
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<h3>Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p><code>QuotaManager::getDashboardData()</code> fetches every row for the month and aggregates per-user totals in PHP — response time grows linearly with row count. The loop also builds <code>$by_user[$uid]['rows']</code> (all raw rows per user) which the dashboard template never reads, wasting memory proportional to table size.</p>
<h3>Steps to reproduce</h3>
<ol>
<li>Seed 10,000+ rows for the current month.</li>
<li>Run <code>drush cr</code>, then load <code>/admin/reports/ai-metering</code> with query logging enabled.</li>
<li>Observe: one query fetches all columns for all rows in the month; PHP iterates every row.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Proposed resolution</h3>
<p><strong>Query 1 — numeric aggregates via GROUP BY:</strong></p>
<pre><pre>SELECT<br> uid,<br> COUNT(*) AS calls,<br> SUM(input_tokens) AS total_input,<br> SUM(output_tokens) AS total_output,<br> SUM(cached_tokens) AS total_cached,<br> SUM(estimated_cost_usd) AS total_cost,<br> SUM(CASE WHEN provider_type = 'local' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS local_calls,<br> SUM(CASE WHEN provider_type != 'local' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS cloud_calls<br>FROM {ai_metering_usage}<br>WHERE timestamp BETWEEN :start AND :end<br>GROUP BY uid</pre></pre><p><strong>Query 2 — dominant provider per user</strong> (current logic: provider with the highest single-call cost; <code>MIN()</code> for deterministic tie-breaking):</p>
<pre><pre>SELECT u.uid, MIN(u.provider_id) AS provider_id<br>FROM {ai_metering_usage} u<br>INNER JOIN (<br> SELECT uid, MAX(estimated_cost_usd) AS max_cost<br> FROM {ai_metering_usage}<br> WHERE timestamp BETWEEN :start AND :end<br> GROUP BY uid<br>) m ON u.uid = m.uid AND u.estimated_cost_usd = m.max_cost<br>WHERE u.timestamp BETWEEN :start AND :end<br>GROUP BY u.uid</pre></pre><p>Scan efficiency requires the standalone <code>(timestamp)</code> index (see related issue). For higher-volume sites, a monthly rollup table — same pattern as <code>ai_metering_quota</code> — would eliminate aggregation at read time entirely.</p>
<h3>Remaining tasks</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rewrite <code>QuotaManager::getDashboardData()</code> with the two-query approach</li>
<li>Remove the unused <code>$by_user[$uid]['rows']</code> accumulation</li>
<li>Revisit cache invalidation — a short TTL (5 min) may be preferable to tag-based invalidation on every write for busy sites</li>
</ul>
<h3>UI / API / Data model changes</h3>
<p>No UI or schema changes for the short-term fix. A rollup table would require a schema addition and a backfill update hook.</p>
<h3>AI assistance</h3>
<p>Analysis and proposed resolution drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the module maintainer.</p>
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