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Top 10% Customers by Volume
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Top 10% Customers by Volume

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Business Context

A bank wants to identify its highest-volume customers for the latest completed calendar quarter. Transaction volume is the sum of absolute values for valid posted transactions on open accounts.

Task

Write a PostgreSQL query that returns the top 10% of eligible customers by transaction volume for the last completed calendar quarter. Use June 15, 2026 as the fixed reporting reference date, so the reporting period is April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Output

  1. Return one row per eligible customer with customer_id, customer_name, and total_transaction_volume.
  2. Include only customers with open accounts and non-null, posted transactions within the reporting period. Null transaction amounts are ignored.
  3. Treat debits and credits as positive transaction volume by using their absolute monetary values.
  4. Return the top 10% of eligible customers, rounding the number of returned customers up when necessary.
  5. Order by total transaction volume descending, then customer_id ascending as the deterministic tie-breaker.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTEGERUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer full name
customer_segmentVARCHAR(40)Customer coverage segment
accounts
ColumnTypeDescription
account_idPKINTEGERUnique account identifier
customer_idINTEGEROwner of the account
account_statusVARCHAR(20)Account lifecycle status
opened_dateDATEDate the account was opened
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTEGERUnique transaction identifier
account_idINTEGERAccount associated with the transaction
transaction_dateDATETransaction posting date
amountNUMERIC(14,2)Signed monetary transaction amount
transaction_statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
Tablescustomersaccountstransactions
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