Have a look at the method `Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Db_Collection_Abstract::addExpressionFieldToSelect()`: /** * Add attribute expression (SUM, COUNT, etc) * Example: ('sub_total', 'SUM({{attribute}})', 'revenue') * Example: ('sub_total', 'SUM({{revenue}})', 'revenue') * For some functions like SUM use groupByAttribute. * * @param string $alias * @param string $expression * @param array $fields * @return Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Db_Collection_Abstract */ public function addExpressionFieldToSelect($alias, $expression, $fields) { // validate alias if (!is_array($fields)) { $fields = array($fields=>$fields); } $fullExpression = $expression; foreach ($fields as $fieldKey=>$fieldItem) { $fullExpression = str_replace('{{' . $fieldKey . '}}', $fieldItem, $fullExpression); } $this->getSelect()->columns(array($alias=>$fullExpression)); return $this; } Usage ---- $collection->addExpressionFieldToSelect("page_view", "sum({{page_view}})", ["page_view"]); // ^ alias ^ expression ^ used fields $collection->getSelect()->group("page_view");