Вы можете использовать ROWNUM.
-- FETCH MAX FOR SINGLE item_id
WITH item_forecast_detail(item_id, forecast_dt, SOME_OTHER_COLS) AS (
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 2' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 4' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 5' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 6' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-06-30','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL
)
SELECT
ITEM_ID,
FORECAST_DT,
SOME_OTHER_COLS
FROM
(
SELECT
ITEM_ID,
FORECAST_DT,
SOME_OTHER_COLS,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(
PARTITION BY ITEM_ID
ORDER BY
FORECAST_DT DESC
) AS RN
FROM
ITEM_FORECAST_DETAIL
WHERE
ITEM_ID = 177010
)
WHERE
RN = 1
OUTPUT
-- FETCH MAX FOR MULTIPLE item_id
WITH item_forecast_detail(item_id, forecast_dt, SOME_OTHER_COLS) AS (
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 2' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 4' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 5' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177010, DATE '2019-07-02','ANY VALUE - 6' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-07-01','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 177011, DATE '2019-06-30','ANY VALUE - 1' FROM DUAL
)
SELECT
ITEM_ID,
FORECAST_DT,
SOME_OTHER_COLS
FROM
(
SELECT
ITEM_ID,
FORECAST_DT,
SOME_OTHER_COLS,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(
PARTITION BY ITEM_ID
ORDER BY
FORECAST_DT DESC
) AS RN
FROM
ITEM_FORECAST_DETAIL
--WHERE item_id = 177010
)
WHERE
RN = 1
OUTPUT
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