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Identify Financial Performance Drivers

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

You are given monthly financial data and asked to identify the main drivers of performance by business segment. Write a PostgreSQL query that joins the tables, calculates revenue, cost, and gross profit by segment for a given month, and classifies each segment as growth, stable, or decline based on gross profit margin.

Schema

segments
ColumnTypeDescription
segment_idPKINTPrimary key for the segment
segment_nameVARCHAR(100)Business segment name
regionVARCHAR(50)Operating region
financial_facts
ColumnTypeDescription
fact_idPKINTPrimary key for the financial fact row
segment_idINTReferences the segment being measured
month_endDATEMonth-end reporting date
revenueNUMERIC(12,2)Reported revenue for the period
costNUMERIC(12,2)Reported cost for the period
is_adjustedBOOLEANWhether the record has been adjusted
Tablessegmentsfinancial_facts
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