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Cleaning a Dataset

HardSQL · PostgreSQL00:00
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Problem

How would you approach cleaning a dataset?

Using the provided shift and facility tables, write a query that returns valid, standardized, deduplicated shift records. Exclude incomplete, invalid, unmatched, or negative-pay records, and retain the most recently updated duplicate.

Output

  1. One row per retained shift, with cleaned_shift_id, caregiver_name, facility_name, shift_start, shift_end, status, and pay_rate.
  2. Order by shift_start, then cleaned_shift_id.

Schema

shift_records
ColumnTypeDescription
record_idPKINTUnique source record identifier
caregiver_nameVARCHAR(150)Caregiver name as received from the source system
facility_idINTReferenced facility identifier
shift_startTIMESTAMPShift start timestamp
shift_endTIMESTAMPShift end timestamp
statusVARCHAR(30)Raw shift status
pay_rateNUMERIC(8,2)Hourly pay rate
updated_atTIMESTAMPSource record last-updated timestamp
facilities
ColumnTypeDescription
facility_idPKINTUnique facility identifier
facility_nameVARCHAR(150)Facility display name
Tablesshift_recordsfacilities
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