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task Medians, shares & ratios · hard

Median order value by region

An order's value is the sum of quantity × unit_price over its lines. For non-cancelled orders, return region and median_order_value per shopper region.

what to return

Columns
regionmedian_order_value in this order
Rows
4 rows · any order
Watch for
With an odd number of orders, the median is the middle value; with an even number, the average of the two middle values.
Exclude shoppers with no region.
Round to 2 decimals.
Skill
Compute a median with window functions. Refresher: Share of total with windows →

expected result

Your query should return exactly these columns and values. Run it and compare.

expected result4 rows · any order
regionmedian_order_value
East66.5
North83.5
South45

first 3 of 4 rows

data you can query

Sample rows from each table. Each column shows its type underneath; → marks a link to another table.

sales_orders5 columns · 33 rows
idinteger · keyshopper_idinteger → shoppersorder_datetextstatustextdelivered_datetext
10112025-01-04delivered2025-01-08
10222025-01-06delivered2025-01-07
10312025-01-15delivered2025-01-20
10432025-01-18cancelledNULL
10542025-01-22delivered2025-01-31

showing 5 of 33 rows

order_lines4 columns · 48 rows
order_idinteger → sales_ordersitem_idinteger → catalog_itemsquantityintegerunit_pricereal
1011139
1013219.5
1024159
1035145
10310312

showing 5 of 48 rows

shoppers5 columns · 17 rows
idinteger · keynametextemailtextregiontextsignup_datetext
1Ana Ruizana@harbor.testWest2025-01-03
2Ben Okaforben@harbor.testEast2025-01-05
3Chloe Parkchloe@harbor.testWest2025-01-09
4Dmitri Volkovdmitri@harbor.testNorth2025-01-14
5Esi MensahNULLSouth2025-01-20

showing 5 of 17 rows

solution.sql
 

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