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Top Customers SQL Query
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Top Customers SQL Query

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Pyramid Consulting's account-sales pipeline records individual sales activity by customer. Write a PostgreSQL query to identify the top 10 customers by total sales volume.

Requirements

  1. Group sales activity by customer and calculate each customer's total sales_volume.
  2. Return the 10 highest-volume customers, ordered from highest to lowest total volume. Use customer_id as a secondary ascending sort for deterministic results.

Schema

customer_sales_activity
ColumnTypeDescription
sales_idPKINTUnique identifier for a sales activity record.
customer_idINTIdentifier for the customer account.
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the customer account.
sales_volumeNUMERIC(12,2)Sales volume associated with the activity.
sales_dateDATEDate the sales activity was recorded.
Tablescustomer_sales_activity
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