3657: Find Loyal Customers

Problem Statement

Table: customer_transactions

+------------------+---------+
| Column Name      | Type    | 
+------------------+---------+
| transaction_id   | int     |
| customer_id      | int     |
| transaction_date | date    |
| amount           | decimal |
| transaction_type | varchar |
+------------------+---------+
transaction_id is the unique identifier for this table.
transaction_type can be either 'purchase' or 'refund'.

Write a solution to find loyal customers. A customer is considered loyal if they meet ALL the following criteria:

  • Made at least 3 purchase transactions.
  • Have been active for at least 30 days.
  • Their refund rate is less than 20% .

Return the result table ordered by customer_id in ascending order.

The result format is in the following example.

Example:

Input:

customer_transactions table:

+----------------+-------------+------------------+--------+------------------+
| transaction_id | customer_id | transaction_date | amount | transaction_type |
+----------------+-------------+------------------+--------+------------------+
| 1              | 101         | 2024-01-05       | 150.00 | purchase         |
| 2              | 101         | 2024-01-15       | 200.00 | purchase         |
| 3              | 101         | 2024-02-10       | 180.00 | purchase         |
| 4              | 101         | 2024-02-20       | 250.00 | purchase         |
| 5              | 102         | 2024-01-10       | 100.00 | purchase         |
| 6              | 102         | 2024-01-12       | 120.00 | purchase         |
| 7              | 102         | 2024-01-15       | 80.00  | refund           |
| 8              | 102         | 2024-01-18       | 90.00  | refund           |
| 9              | 102         | 2024-02-15       | 130.00 | purchase         |
| 10             | 103         | 2024-01-01       | 500.00 | purchase         |
| 11             | 103         | 2024-01-02       | 450.00 | purchase         |
| 12             | 103         | 2024-01-03       | 400.00 | purchase         |
| 13             | 104         | 2024-01-01       | 200.00 | purchase         |
| 14             | 104         | 2024-02-01       | 250.00 | purchase         |
| 15             | 104         | 2024-02-15       | 300.00 | purchase         |
| 16             | 104         | 2024-03-01       | 350.00 | purchase         |
| 17             | 104         | 2024-03-10       | 280.00 | purchase         |
| 18             | 104         | 2024-03-15       | 100.00 | refund           |
+----------------+-------------+------------------+--------+------------------+

Output:

+-------------+
| customer_id |
+-------------+
| 101         |
| 104         |
+-------------+

Explanation:

  • Customer 101:
<ul>
	<li>Purchase transactions: 4 (IDs: 1, 2, 3, 4) </li>
	<li>Refund transactions: 0</li>
	<li>Refund rate: 0/4 = 0% (less than 20%) </li>
	<li>Active period: Jan 5 to Feb 20 = 46 days (at least 30 days) </li>
	<li>Qualifies as loyal </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Customer 102</strong>:
<ul>
	<li>Purchase transactions: 3 (IDs: 5, 6, 9) </li>
	<li>Refund transactions: 2 (IDs: 7, 8)</li>
	<li>Refund rate: 2/5 = 40% (exceeds 20%) </li>
	<li>Not loyal </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Customer 103</strong>:
<ul>
	<li>Purchase transactions: 3 (IDs: 10, 11, 12) </li>
	<li>Refund transactions: 0</li>
	<li>Refund rate: 0/3 = 0% (less than 20%) </li>
	<li>Active period: Jan 1 to Jan 3 = 2 days (less than 30 days) </li>
	<li>Not loyal </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Customer 104</strong>:
<ul>
	<li>Purchase transactions: 5 (IDs: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) </li>
	<li>Refund transactions: 1 (ID: 18)</li>
	<li>Refund rate: 1/6 = 16.67% (less than 20%) </li>
	<li>Active period: Jan 1 to Mar 15 = 73 days (at least 30 days) </li>
	<li>Qualifies as loyal </li>
</ul>
</li>

The result table is ordered by customer_id in ascending order.

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