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Customer Lifetime Value by Segment

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to calculate customer lifetime value by customer segment from transactional data. Treat lifetime value as the sum of completed transaction amounts for each customer. Include customers with no completed transactions, use Unspecified for missing segments, and exclude transactions belonging to unknown customers.

Output

  1. One row per customer segment
  2. Columns: customer_segment, customer_count, total_lifetime_value, and average_lifetime_value
  3. Include all customer segments, order by total_lifetime_value descending, then customer_segment ascending

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
segmentVARCHAR(40)Customer segment
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the transaction
amountDECIMAL(12,2)Transaction amount
statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
Tablescustomerstransactions
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