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June

How Do I Calculate the Top N Sales by Group using SQL?

During a recent SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 consultancy the client wanted to know how to return the Top N Sales by Group, using SQL.


Solution:

To achieve this one has to create a self-join, in this case using the Orders table, and a ranking.

To give some flexibility, instead of hard coding the Top N value, a parameter has been added:

Declare @TopN as Int
Set @TopN =5   
                           
SELECT     Employee.[First Name] + ' ' + Employee.[Last Name] AS [Employee Name], a.[Order Amount], COUNT(*) AS Rank_No
FROM         Orders AS a INNER JOIN
                      Orders AS b ON a.[Employee ID] = b.[Employee ID] AND a.[Order Amount] <= b.[Order Amount] INNER JOIN
                      Employee ON b.[Employee ID] = Employee.[Employee ID]
GROUP BY a.[Employee ID], a.[Order Amount],
Employee.[First Name] + ' ' + Employee.[Last Name]
HAVING      (COUNT(*) <= @TopN)
ORDER BY a.[Employee ID], Rank_No



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