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SQL for Maintenance Delay Rankings
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SQL for Maintenance Delay Rankings

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to identify the top three departments with the highest equipment preventive maintenance delays over the last quarter at Advanced Micro Devices.

Use the provided department, equipment, and maintenance work order data. Count only preventive work orders scheduled during the previous calendar quarter, completed after their scheduled date, and with a non-null completion date.

Output

  1. One row per department, with department_name, total_delay_days, and delayed_work_orders
  2. Return the three highest totals, ordered by total_delay_days descending, then delayed_work_orders descending, then department_name ascending

Schema

departments
ColumnTypeDescription
department_idPKINTUnique department identifier
department_nameVARCHAR(100)Advanced Micro Devices department name
equipment
ColumnTypeDescription
equipment_idPKINTUnique equipment identifier
department_idINTDepartment responsible for the equipment
equipment_nameVARCHAR(120)Equipment description
maintenance_work_orders
ColumnTypeDescription
work_order_idPKINTUnique maintenance work order identifier
equipment_idINTEquipment requiring maintenance
maintenance_typeVARCHAR(30)Maintenance classification
scheduled_dateDATEDate maintenance was scheduled
completed_dateDATEDate maintenance was completed
Tablesdepartmentsequipmentmaintenance_work_orders
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