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Window Function for Second Rank

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Problem

American Express analysts need to identify customers with the second-highest annual spend within each market segment. Write a PostgreSQL query using DENSE_RANK() or RANK().

Requirements

  1. Calculate each customer's total spend from qualifying 2024 transactions.
  2. Join customers to transactions and group results by customer and market segment.
  3. Rank customers within each market segment by total spend in descending order.
  4. Return every customer tied for second place, ordered by market segment and customer ID. Ignore transactions with null, zero, or negative amounts, and exclude transactions outside 2024.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer name
market_segmentVARCHAR(50)American Express customer market segment
card_transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the transaction
transaction_dateDATETransaction posting date
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Transaction amount in dollars
Tablescustomerscard_transactions
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