Supplier Showdown:Evaluate Suppliers by Number of Unique Products Supplied
Intermediate
Rank suppliers by how many unique products they offer the galaxy.
Xorthax is evaluating his suppliers. Write a query to rank suppliers based on the total number of unique products they supply.
Write Your Query
Answer:
with suppliercounts as
(select supplierid,
count(distinct productid) as uniqueproducts
from products
group by supplierid)
select supplierid,
uniqueproducts,
rank() over (
order by uniqueproducts desc) as rank
from suppliercounts;
Explanation:
It mirrors supplier performance analysis where businesses rank vendors by product variety or catalog breadth.
You’ll strengthen your ability to aggregate and rank grouped data for comparative performance analysis.
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