SQL query to find continuous local max, min of date based on category column - sql

Question

I have the following data set
Customer_ID Category FROM_DATE TO_DATE
1 5 1/1/2000 12/31/2001
1 6 1/1/2002 12/31/2003
1 5 1/1/2004 12/31/2005
2 7 1/1/2010 12/31/2011
2 7 1/1/2012 12/31/2013
2 5 1/1/2014 12/31/2015
3 7 1/1/2010 12/31/2011
3 7 1/5/2012 12/31/2013
3 5 1/1/2014 12/31/2015
The result I want to achieve is to find continuous local min/max date for Customers with the same category and identify any gap in dates:
Customer_ID FROM_Date TO_Date Category
1 1/1/2000 12/31/2001 5
1 1/1/2002 12/31/2003 6
1 1/1/2004 12/31/2005 5
2 1/1/2010 12/31/2013 7
2 1/1/2014 12/31/2015 5
3 1/1/2010 12/31/2011 7
3 1/5/2012 12/31/2013 7
3 1/1/2014 12/31/2015 5
My code works fine for customer 1 (return all 3 rows) and customer 2(return 2 rows with min and max date for each category) but for customer 3, it cannot identify the gap between 12/31/2011 and 1/5/2012 for category 7.
Customer_ID FROM_Date TO_Date Category
3 1/1/2010 12/31/2013 7
3 1/1/2014 12/31/2015 5
Here is my code:
SELECT Customer_ID, Category, min(From_Date), max(To_Date) FROM
(
SELECT Customer_ID, Category, From_Date,To_Date
,row_number() over (order by member_id, To_Date) - row_number() over (partition by Customer_ID order by Category) as p
FROM FFS_SAMP
) X
group by Customer_ID,Category,p
order by Customer_ID,min(From_Date),Max(To_Date)

Answer 1

This is a type of gaps and islands problem. Probably the safest method is to use a cumulative max() to look for overlaps with previous records. Where there is no overlap, then an "island" of records starts. So:
select customer_id, min(from_date), max(to_date), category
from (select t.*,
sum(case when prev_to_date >= from_date then 0 else 1 end) over
(partition by customer_id, category
order by from_date
) as grp
from (select t.*,
max(to_date) over (partition by customer_id, category
order by from_date
rows between unbounded preceding and 1 preceding
) as prev_to_date
from t
) t
) t
group by customer_id, category, grp;

Answer 2

Your attempt is quite close. You just need to fix the over() clause of the window functions:
select customer_id, category, min(from_date), max(to_date)
from (
select
fs.*,
row_number() over (partition by customer_id order from_date)
- row_number() over (partition by customer_id, category order by from_date) as grp
from ffs_samp fs
) x
group by customer_id, category, grp
order by customer_id, min(from_date)
Note that this method assumes no gaps or overlalp in the periods of a given customer, as show in your sample data.