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Complaint Trend Analysis by Category
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Complaint Trend Analysis by Category

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Analyze QVC complaint data to surface category-level monthly trends in 2024. Your query should combine complaint records, category metadata, and optional resolution data to show which complaint categories are growing, how severe they are, and how they rank each month.

Schema

Tables
  • complaints
  • complaint_categories
  • complaint_resolutions

What to Return

  • Month formatted as YYYY-MM
  • Complaint category name
  • Total complaints in that month and category
  • Distinct customers who complained
  • Percent of complaints with High severity
  • Month-over-month complaint count change by category
  • Rank of categories within each month by complaint volume
  • Only category-month groups with at least 2 complaints
Tablescomplaintscomplaint_categoriescomplaint_resolutions
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