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CTEs and Data Granularity

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a few CTEs to query a dataset at different levels of granularity. Asked in the technical screen stage. Basic SQL exercise.

Output

  1. One row per region and product_category, plus an overall total row.
  2. Return region, product_category, order_count, total_revenue, and avg_order_value.
  3. Include only completed orders.
  4. Sort with the overall total row last, then by region, then product_category.

Schema

orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
regionVARCHAR(50)Sales region
product_categoryVARCHAR(50)Product category
order_statusVARCHAR(20)Order lifecycle status
order_amountNUMERIC(10,2)Order revenue amount
Tablesorders
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