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Top 5 Regions by Volume
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Top 5 Regions by Volume

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

FedEx Business Intelligence analysts use regional shipment summaries to support network planning and operational reporting. Write a PostgreSQL query to identify the top five regions by total package volume.

Requirements

  1. Join the region reference table to shipment records.
  2. Aggregate package_count for each region, treating regions without shipments as volume 0.
  3. Return the five highest-volume regions, ordering by volume descending and region name ascending as a deterministic tie-breaker.

Schema

fedex_regions
ColumnTypeDescription
region_idPKINTEGERUnique identifier for a FedEx operating region
region_nameVARCHAR(50)Name of the operating region
fedex_shipments
ColumnTypeDescription
shipment_idPKINTEGERUnique shipment record identifier
region_idINTEGERReferenced operating region; NULL indicates an unassigned shipment
package_countINTEGERNumber of packages represented by the shipment record
Tablesfedex_regionsfedex_shipments
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