The Final Product per Category

The Final Product per Category :Find the Most Recently Sold Product and Its Sale Date by Category Intermediate

Identify the most recent product sold in each category and when it sold.

Xorthax wants to find the last product sold in each category. Write a query to display the product name and sale date for each category with only one rows per category.
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This reflects product analytics where businesses identify the most recent sale in each category to track current market activity.

You’ll practice organizing grouped data and isolating the latest record within each category using structured analytical methods.

This problem is labeled as Intermediate. It assumes you’ve written a few window function queries before, but you don’t need to be an expert. Use the hints and explanations if you get stuck — they’re there to help you think through the logic.

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