Reverse Product Lineage

Reverse Product Lineage :Compare Each Product Sold with the One Before It in the Same Category Intermediate

Track each product sold in reverse, showing its category and the item before it.

Xorthax wants to track the sequence of products sold in reverse. Write a query to display the orderdate, current product and the previous product sold in each category with a completed status in the month of August 2245.
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This reflects sales tracking where analysts study the order of product sales to understand category flow and buying sequences.

You’ll practice comparing records within grouped sequences to identify prior entries and analyze historical order relationships.

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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