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Month-over-Month Revenue Growth in SQL

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Problem

Boston Consulting Group's Financial Planning and Analysis team wants to monitor revenue trends for the Strategy practice area. Write a PostgreSQL query that calculates monthly revenue and month-over-month growth.

Requirements

  1. Filter results to the Strategy practice area and calendar year 2024.
  2. Aggregate revenue by calendar month.
  3. Show the previous month's revenue and growth percentage. Return NULL for the first month or when the previous month's revenue is zero.
  4. Order results chronologically.

Schema

practice_areas
ColumnTypeDescription
practice_area_idPKINTUnique practice area identifier
practice_nameVARCHAR(100)BCG consulting practice name
engagement_revenue
ColumnTypeDescription
revenue_idPKINTUnique revenue record identifier
practice_area_idINTReferenced practice area
engagement_codeVARCHAR(20)BCG engagement reference code
revenue_dateDATEDate revenue was recognized
revenue_amountNUMERIC(12,2)Recognized revenue amount
Tablespractice_areasengagement_revenue
Your solutionPostgreSQL
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