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Algorithms Used to Analyze Data
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Algorithms Used to Analyze Data

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Tell me about the algorithms you used to analyze the data in your project.

Write a PostgreSQL query that analyzes project task data by calculating completion metrics and ranking eligible projects. Include projects with completed tasks that have valid timestamps, and ignore rows where the calculated average completion time is NULL.

Output

  1. One row per eligible project with project_id, project_name, total_tasks, completed_tasks, completion_rate, avg_completion_days, and project_rank.
  2. Exclude projects whose average completion time is NULL.
  3. Sort by project_rank, then project_id.

Schema

projects
ColumnTypeDescription
project_idPKINTUnique project identifier
project_nameVARCHAR(100)Project name
tasks
ColumnTypeDescription
task_idPKINTUnique task identifier
project_idINTProject associated with the task
task_nameVARCHAR(150)Task description
statusVARCHAR(30)Current task status
started_atTIMESTAMPTask start timestamp
completed_atTIMESTAMPTask completion timestamp
Tablesprojectstasks
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