diff --git a/include/libs/function/functionMgt.h b/include/libs/function/functionMgt.h
index 1ca51b30436b8e27f99e53be741ff9375c8030a6..1ed78750d180d2d5aca57294192bfb57621701dd 100644
--- a/include/libs/function/functionMgt.h
+++ b/include/libs/function/functionMgt.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ typedef enum EFunctionType {
   FUNCTION_TYPE_BLOCK_DIST,       // block distribution aggregate function
   FUNCTION_TYPE_BLOCK_DIST_INFO,  // block distribution pseudo column function
   FUNCTION_TYPE_TO_COLUMN,
+  FUNCTION_TYPE_GROUP_KEY,
 
   // distributed splitting functions
   FUNCTION_TYPE_APERCENTILE_PARTIAL = 4000,
diff --git a/source/libs/function/inc/builtinsimpl.h b/source/libs/function/inc/builtinsimpl.h
index 4d2f926c125764c019ab8f2ca797bd3b230a683c..b3ce6abe87371f2557397bd6052ffa3300e10e24 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/inc/builtinsimpl.h
+++ b/source/libs/function/inc/builtinsimpl.h
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ bool blockDistSetup(SqlFunctionCtx *pCtx, SResultRowEntryInfo* pResultInfo);
 int32_t blockDistFunction(SqlFunctionCtx *pCtx);
 int32_t blockDistFinalize(SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx, SSDataBlock* pBlock);
 
+bool getGroupKeyFuncEnv(SFunctionNode* pFunc, SFuncExecEnv* pEnv);
+int32_t groupKeyFunction(SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c b/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
index 6516a10795b17b18bb99e062c7635c9ae01fa471..f3f10971488ed156bcaaf436332e989efcb7ae29 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
+++ b/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,16 @@ static bool getBlockDistFuncEnv(SFunctionNode* UNUSED_PARAM(pFunc), SFuncExecEnv
   return true;
 }
 
+static int32_t translateGroupKey(SFunctionNode* pFunc, char* pErrBuf, int32_t len) {
+  if (1 != LIST_LENGTH(pFunc->pParameterList)) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  }
+
+  SNode* pPara = nodesListGetNode(pFunc->pParameterList, 0);
+  pFunc->node.resType = ((SExprNode*)pPara)->resType;
+  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 // clang-format off
 const SBuiltinFuncDefinition funcMgtBuiltins[] = {
   {
@@ -2499,7 +2509,17 @@ const SBuiltinFuncDefinition funcMgtBuiltins[] = {
     .type = FUNCTION_TYPE_BLOCK_DIST_INFO,
     .classification = FUNC_MGT_PSEUDO_COLUMN_FUNC | FUNC_MGT_SCAN_PC_FUNC,
     .translateFunc = translateBlockDistInfoFunc,
-  }
+  },
+  {
+    .name = "_group_key",
+    .type = FUNCTION_TYPE_GROUP_KEY,
+    .classification = FUNC_MGT_AGG_FUNC,
+    .translateFunc = translateGroupKey,
+    .getEnvFunc   = getGroupKeyFuncEnv,
+    .initFunc     = functionSetup,
+    .processFunc  = groupKeyFunction,
+    .finalizeFunc = functionFinalize,
+  },
 };
 // clang-format on
 
diff --git a/source/libs/function/src/builtinsimpl.c b/source/libs/function/src/builtinsimpl.c
index 4ec6432fc863225226a68fc3b8cb43a7f8ce4a9e..42c316b01d4600e1a958bad16345954d275d7026 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/src/builtinsimpl.c
+++ b/source/libs/function/src/builtinsimpl.c
@@ -2402,6 +2402,12 @@ bool getSelectivityFuncEnv(SFunctionNode* pFunc, SFuncExecEnv* pEnv) {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool getGroupKeyFuncEnv(SFunctionNode* pFunc, SFuncExecEnv* pEnv) {
+  SColumnNode* pNode = (SColumnNode*)nodesListGetNode(pFunc->pParameterList, 0);
+  pEnv->calcMemSize = pNode->node.resType.bytes;
+  return true;
+}
+
 static FORCE_INLINE TSKEY getRowPTs(SColumnInfoData* pTsColInfo, int32_t rowIndex) {
   if (pTsColInfo == NULL) {
     return 0;
@@ -5349,6 +5355,28 @@ int32_t irateFinalize(SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx, SSDataBlock* pBlock) {
   return pResInfo->numOfRes;
 }
 
+int32_t groupKeyFunction(SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx) {
+  SResultRowEntryInfo* pResInfo = GET_RES_INFO(pCtx);
+  char* buf = GET_ROWCELL_INTERBUF(pResInfo);
+
+  SInputColumnInfoData* pInput = &pCtx->input;
+  SColumnInfoData*   pInputCol = pInput->pData[0];
+
+  int32_t bytes = pInputCol->info.bytes;
+
+  int32_t startIndex = pInput->startRowIndex;
+  if (colDataIsNull_s(pInputCol, startIndex)) {
+    pResInfo->numOfRes = 0;
+    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  }
+
+  char* data = colDataGetData(pInputCol, startIndex);
+  memcpy(buf, data, bytes);
+  SET_VAL(pResInfo, 1, 1);
+
+  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int32_t interpFunction(SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx) {
 #if 0
   int32_t fillType = (int32_t) pCtx->param[2].i64;