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Advanced Excel for Analysis
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Advanced Excel for Analysis

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How have you used advanced Excel features to analyze and present data?

Demonstrate the SQL equivalent by producing a customer-level sales summary for completed sales from January through March 2025. Include customers without qualifying sales and classify each customer based on total sales.

Output

  1. One row per customer, including customers without qualifying sales.
  2. Columns: customer_name, completed_order_count, total_sales, average_sale, and customer_tier.
  3. Classify customers as High for totals of at least 500, Standard for totals from 200 through 499.99, Starter for lower nonzero totals, and No purchases when no qualifying sale exists.
  4. Order by total_sales descending, then customer_name ascending.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer display name
regionVARCHAR(50)Customer region
sales
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique sale identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the sale
sale_dateDATEDate of the sale
amountDECIMAL(10,2)Sale amount
statusVARCHAR(20)Sale status
Tablescustomerssales
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