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Top 5 Assets Query
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Top 5 Assets Query

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the top 5 performing assets from this table.

Assume performance is measured by each asset's average non-null return_pct, using records from asset_performance. Include only assets whose status is Active, and use assets with asset_performance.

Output

  1. One row per asset with columns asset_name and average_return_pct.
  2. Return the five highest averages, ordered descending, with asset_id ascending as the tie-breaker.

Schema

assets
ColumnTypeDescription
asset_idPKINTUnique asset identifier
asset_nameVARCHAR(100)Display name of the asset
statusVARCHAR(20)Current asset status
asset_classVARCHAR(40)Asset classification
asset_performance
ColumnTypeDescription
performance_idPKINTUnique performance record identifier
asset_idINTReferenced asset identifier
performance_dateDATEDate of the performance observation
return_pctDECIMAL(7,2)Asset return percentage for the observation
Tablesassetsasset_performance
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