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SQL Average Support Response Time
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SQL Average Support Response Time

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write an SQL query to calculate the average response time for customer support tickets over the last month.

Assume response time means the elapsed time from ticket creation to the first recorded response. Use the previous rolling month based on CURRENT_DATE and exclude tickets without a response.

Output

  1. Return one row with average_response_time_minutes.
  2. Report the average elapsed response time in minutes, rounded to two decimal places.

Schema

support_tickets
ColumnTypeDescription
ticket_idPKINTUnique support ticket identifier
created_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the ticket was created
statusVARCHAR(30)Current ticket status
channelVARCHAR(30)Support channel used to create the ticket
ticket_responses
ColumnTypeDescription
response_idPKINTUnique response identifier
ticket_idINTTicket associated with the response
response_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the response was recorded
response_typeVARCHAR(30)Type of support response
Tablessupport_ticketsticket_responses
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