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Find Employee Manager Relationships

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Problem

At Nimbus Analytics, employee reporting lines are stored in a single table. Write a PostgreSQL query to return each employee together with their direct manager, using a self-join on the employees table.

Requirements

  1. Return only active employees whose manager_id is not NULL.
  2. Show the employee's employee_id, employee_name, department, manager name, and a derived relationship_type.
  3. Set relationship_type to Cross-Department when the employee and manager belong to different departments; otherwise set it to Same-Department.
  4. Order the final result by manager name ascending, then employee name ascending.

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee full name
departmentVARCHAR(50)Employee department
manager_idINTManager employee_id stored in the same table
employment_statusVARCHAR(20)Employment status such as Active, Leave, or Terminated
hire_dateDATEEmployee hire date
Tablesemployees
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