a.py

mp =  sqlContext.read.load("s3://telemetry-parquet/main_summary/v3",'parquet')
mp.registerTempTable("ms")

newusers=[]
for whatdate in [('2016-04',16892,16922),('2016-05',16922,16953),('2016-06',16953,16983),('2016-07',16983,17014),('2016-08',17014,17045),('2016-09',17045,17075),('2016-10',17075,17106),('2016-11',17106,17136)]:
          print(whatdate)
          res2 = sqlContext.sql("""
                select client_id, count(distinct( substring(subsession_start_date,1,10))) as ndayactive
                from ms where app_name = 'Firefox'
                and substring(subsession_start_date,1,7)=='{}'
                and sample_id >= '1' and sample_id <='5' and profile_creation_date >= {} and profile_creation_date< {}
                group by 1
                """.format(whatdate[0],whatdate[1],whatdate[2]))
          res2.registerTempTable("res2")
          f = sqlContext.sql(""" select \'{}-01\' as month,ndayactive, count(distinct(client_id)) as freq from res2 group by ndayactive""".format(whatdate[0])).collect()
          newusers.append(f)

properusers=[]
for whatdate in [('2016-04',16892,16922),('2016-05',16922,16953),('2016-06',16953,16983),('2016-07',16983,17014),('2016-08',17014,17045),('2016-09',17045,17075),('2016-10',17075,17106),('2016-11',17106,17136)]:
          print(whatdate)
          res2 = sqlContext.sql("""
                select client_id, count(distinct( substring(subsession_start_date,1,10))) as ndayactive
                from ms where app_name = 'Firefox'
                and substring(subsession_start_date,1,7)=='{}'
                and sample_id >= '1' and sample_id <='5' and profile_creation_date < {}
                group by 1
                """.format(whatdate[0],whatdate[1]))
          res2.registerTempTable("res2")
          f = sqlContext.sql(""" select \'{}-01\' as month,ndayactive, count(distinct(client_id)) as freq from res2 group by ndayactive""".format(whatdate[0])).collect()
          properusers.append(f)

newusers = awsDF(cl)