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Compare Day Metrics to Previous Day
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Compare Day Metrics to Previous Day

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

MyGeotab analysts need to monitor daily distance traveled by active vehicles. Write a PostgreSQL query that aggregates the fleet metric by reporting date and compares each date with the previous available reporting date.

Requirements

  1. Join vehicle_daily_metrics to geotab_vehicles and include only vehicles whose status is active.
  2. Calculate the total daily distance_km, treating NULL distance values as zero.
  3. Use LAG to return the previous day's total, the absolute change, and the percentage change. Return NULL for percentage change when there is no previous value or the previous value is zero.
  4. Order the result chronologically by metric_date.

Schema

geotab_vehicles
ColumnTypeDescription
vehicle_idPKINTUnique vehicle identifier
vehicle_nameVARCHAR(100)Vehicle name shown in MyGeotab
regionVARCHAR(50)Vehicle operating region
statusVARCHAR(20)Current vehicle status
vehicle_daily_metrics
ColumnTypeDescription
metric_idPKINTUnique daily metric identifier
vehicle_idINTVehicle associated with the metric
metric_dateDATEDate on which the metric was recorded
distance_kmDECIMAL(10,2)Distance traveled in kilometers
Tablesgeotab_vehiclesvehicle_daily_metrics
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