diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 681c1c5..eb3e057 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Nullable columns and "SetNull" aggregation method on columns
+* Nullable columns and "SetNullOnConflict" aggregation method on columns to ease handling categorical values within aggregations
 * Workaround bug of the sum aggregation by disabling compaction when sum is used
 * Dependency updates
 
diff --git a/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/insert.rs b/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/insert.rs
index 759283c..c6be902 100644
--- a/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/insert.rs
+++ b/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/insert.rs
@@ -426,7 +426,14 @@ where
                                         ALIAS_SOURCE_TABLE, col_name, col_name
                                     )
                                 }
-                                AggregationMethod::SetNull => format!("NULL as {}", col_name),
+                                AggregationMethod::SetNullOnConflict => {
+                                    format!(
+                                        "if(length(groupUniqArray({}.{}))=1,first_value({}.{}), null) as {}",
+                                        ALIAS_SOURCE_TABLE, col_name,
+                                        ALIAS_SOURCE_TABLE, col_name,
+                                        col_name
+                                    )
+                                }
                             }
                         } else {
                             format!("{}.{}", ALIAS_SOURCE_TABLE, col_name)
diff --git a/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/schema/agg.rs b/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/schema/agg.rs
index 37d4edb..d244c25 100644
--- a/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/schema/agg.rs
+++ b/crates/ukis_h3cellstore/src/clickhouse/compacted_tables/schema/agg.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ pub enum AggregationMethod {
     Max,
     Min,
     Average,
-    SetNull,
+    /// set to Null in case different values are to be aggregated. Useful for categorical values
+    SetNullOnConflict,
     // TODO: aggregation method to generate parent resolution for other h3index column
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ impl AggregationMethod {
             Self::Max => datatype.is_number(),
             Self::Min => datatype.is_number(),
             Self::Average => datatype.is_number(),
-            Self::SetNull => nullable,
+            Self::SetNullOnConflict => nullable,
         }
     }
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ impl Named for AggregationMethod {
             Self::Min => "min",
             Self::Sum => "sum",
             Self::Average => "average",
-            Self::SetNull => "setnull",
+            Self::SetNullOnConflict => "setnullonconflict",
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/src/clickhouse/schema.rs b/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/src/clickhouse/schema.rs
index 3aeefc5..3412b67 100644
--- a/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/src/clickhouse/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/src/clickhouse/schema.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl PyCompactedTableSchemaBuilder {
             "max" => AggregationMethod::Max,
             "avg" | "average" => AggregationMethod::Average,
             "relativetoarea" | "relativetocellarea" => AggregationMethod::RelativeToCellArea,
-            "setnull" => AggregationMethod::SetNull,
+            "setnullonconflict" => AggregationMethod::SetNullOnConflict,
             _ => {
                 return Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
                     "Unsupported aggregation method: {}",
diff --git a/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/tests/clickhouse/__init__.py b/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/tests/clickhouse/__init__.py
index dd92e3b..f2baeb5 100644
--- a/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/tests/clickhouse/__init__.py
+++ b/crates/ukis_h3cellstorepy/tests/clickhouse/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def elephant_schema(tableset_name="okavango_delta", temporal_partitioning="month
     csb.h3_partitioning(h3_partitioning, **kw)
     csb.add_column("is_valid", "UInt8", compression_method=CompressionMethod("gorilla"))
     csb.add_aggregated_column("elephant_density", "Float32", "RelativeToCellArea")
-    csb.add_aggregated_column("some_category", "UInt8", "SetNull", nullable=True)
+    csb.add_aggregated_column("some_category", "UInt8", "SetNullOnConflict", nullable=True)
     schema = csb.build()  # raises when the schema is invalid / missing something
     assert schema is not None
     #print(schema.to_json_string())
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ def setup_elephant_schema_with_data(clickhouse_grpc_endpoint, clickhouse_testdb_
     center_point = (20.0, 10.0)
     # uncompacted disk
     disk = h3.k_ring(h3.geo_to_h3(center_point[1], center_point[0], schema.max_h3_resolution), 10).astype(np.uint64)
+    cat1 = np.ones(int(len(disk) / 2)) * 23
+    cat2 = np.ones(len(disk)- len(cat1)) * 12
     df = pl.DataFrame({
         "h3index": disk,
         "is_valid": np.ones(len(disk)),
         "elephant_density": np.ones(len(disk)) * 4,
-        "some_category": np.ones(len(disk)) * 23
+        "some_category": np.concatenate((cat1, cat2))
     })
 
     # write to db - this performs auto-compaction