Oracle SQL query: Retrieve latest values per group based on time

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Answer 1

Given this data ...

SQL> select * from qtys
  2  /

        ID TS                      QTY
---------- ---------------- ----------
         1 2010-01-04 11:00        152
         2 2010-01-04 11:00        210
         1 2010-01-04 10:45        132
         2 2010-01-04 10:45        318
         4 2010-01-04 10:45        122
         1 2010-01-04 10:30          1
         3 2010-01-04 10:30        214
         2 2010-01-04 10:30       5515
         4 2010-01-04 10:30        210

9 rows selected.

SQL>

... the following query gives what you want ...

SQL> select x.id
  2         , x.ts as "DATE"
  3         , x.qty as "QUANTITY"
  4  from (
  5      select id
  6             , ts
  7             , rank () over (partition by id order by ts desc) as rnk
  8             , qty
  9      from qtys ) x
 10  where x.rnk = 1
 11  /

        ID DATE               QUANTITY
---------- ---------------- ----------
         1 2010-01-04 11:00        152
         2 2010-01-04 11:00        210
         3 2010-01-04 10:30        214
         4 2010-01-04 10:45        122

SQL>

With regards to your additional requirements, you can apply additional filters to the outer WHERE clause. Similarly you can join additional tables to the inline view like it was any other table.