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Rank Top Retail Partners by Sales
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Rank Top Retail Partners by Sales

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query using window functions to rank The Clorox top-performing retail partners by quarterly sales volume.

Use completed sales from calendar year 2025. Exclude sales without a matching retail partner and assign the same rank to partners tied on quarterly volume.

Output

  1. One row per partner with completed sales in each quarter.
  2. Columns: quarter_start, partner_id, partner_name, total_units, and quarterly_rank.
  3. Order by quarter, rank ascending, and partner ID ascending.

Schema

retail_partners
ColumnTypeDescription
partner_idPKINTUnique retail partner identifier
partner_nameVARCHAR(100)Retail partner name
sales_transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique sales transaction identifier
partner_idINTRetail partner associated with the sale
sale_dateDATEDate of the sale
units_soldINTNumber of units sold
statusVARCHAR(50)Sales transaction status
Tablesretail_partnerssales_transactions
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