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Evaluate Dataset During a Data Outage
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Evaluate Dataset During a Data Outage

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How would you evaluate the provided dataset if there was an outage in data for a particular column?

Write a SQL query that evaluates the completeness of target_value for every expected reporting date and identifies consecutive dates where the column is effectively unavailable. Include dates with no matching records and distinguish missing column values from missing rows.

Output

  1. One row per expected reporting date
  2. Include report_date, expected_rows, observed_rows, populated_rows, null_target_rows, completeness_pct, row_count_gap, outage_flag, and outage_id
  3. Sort by report_date ascending; use NULL for outage_id when no outage exists

Schema

daily_expectations
ColumnTypeDescription
report_datePKDATEExpected reporting date
expected_rowsINTExpected number of dataset rows for the date
provided_dataset
ColumnTypeDescription
record_idPKINTUnique dataset record identifier
report_dateDATEReporting date associated with the record
entity_keyVARCHAR(50)Entity represented by the record
target_valueDECIMAL(12,2)Column being evaluated for an outage
loaded_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the record was loaded
Tablesdaily_expectationsprovided_dataset
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