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Top Products by Distribution Center

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top three pharmaceutical products by sales volume for each distribution center at McKesson.

Use the provided distribution center, product, and sales data. Sales volume is the total units sold for each product within each center.

Output

  1. One row per product in the top three for each distribution center.
  2. Columns: center_name, product_name, total_units_sold, and product_rank.
  3. Sort by center name, rank, and product name. Break equal-volume ties by product ID.

Schema

distribution_centers
ColumnTypeDescription
center_idPKINTUnique distribution center identifier
center_nameVARCHAR(100)Distribution center name
pharmaceutical_products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique pharmaceutical product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(150)Pharmaceutical product name
product_sales
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique sales record identifier
center_idINTDistribution center associated with the sale
product_idINTProduct associated with the sale
units_soldINTNumber of product units sold
Tablesdistribution_centerspharmaceutical_productsproduct_sales
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