Correlated subqueries not supported in Zoho Analytics. This creates huge limitations

Correlated subqueries not supported in Zoho Analytics. This creates huge limitations

Running into a major limitation in Zoho Analytics:
correlated subqueries simply don’t work, even in completely standard SQL patterns inside a JOIN.

Example:

LEFT JOIN "Bills" b ON d."Id" = b."Deal ID" AND EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM "Bill Item" bi WHERE bi."Bill ID" = b."Bill ID" AND bi."Product ID" IN (...) AND d."Some Field" = 'X' -- breaks )

Zoho throws:

Unknown table or alias 'd' used in select query.

Every normal SQL engine supports this. This is not exotic syntax — it’s basic correlated-subquery logic used everywhere for filtering child records, running totals, conditional joins, etc.

Because this simple pattern isn’t allowed, I had to:

  • Build a separate helper query table

  • Move logic out of the JOIN

  • Maintain extra objects just to replicate what SQL usually does in a single query

This creates unnecessary complexity and overhead.

I've seen a few posts where Zoho mentions that this is on their to-do list...those posts are from 5+ years ago and no fix...Is there any plan for Zoho Analytics to support correlated subqueries at all? It would eliminate a ton of workarounds and make complex reporting far more manageable.

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