Species Spending, Shift by Shift

Species Spending, Shift by Shift :Compare Consecutive Customer Order Totals Within Each Species Group Intermediate

Show each customer's total order amount and that of the next same-species customer.

Xorthax wants to analyze spending patterns across different species. Write a query to display each customer's total order amount and the total order amount of the next customer from the same species, based on order date.
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This represents analyzing purchase patterns across customer segments to identify spending trends within shared demographics.

You’ll practice grouping related data, sequencing it by time, and comparing values across consecutive records within each group.

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