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Rank Depots by Monthly Failures
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Rank Depots by Monthly Failures

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to compare monthly part failure rates across depots and rank the depots by failure rate within each month.

Use the depots and monthly_part_stats tables. Include only records with a positive inspected-parts count and a non-null failure count.

Output

  1. One row per valid depot-month record
  2. Columns: month_start, depot_name, failure_rate, and depot_rank
  3. failure_rate is the percentage of inspected parts that failed, rounded to two decimals
  4. Sort by month, rank ascending, then depot name ascending; tied rates share the same rank

Schema

depots
ColumnTypeDescription
depot_idPKINTUnique depot identifier
depot_nameVARCHAR(100)Depot display name
regionVARCHAR(50)Geographic operating region
monthly_part_stats
ColumnTypeDescription
stat_idPKINTUnique monthly statistics record
depot_idINTReferenced depot
month_startDATEFirst day of the reporting month
parts_inspectedINTNumber of parts inspected during the month
failed_partsINTNumber of inspected parts that failed
Tablesdepotsmonthly_part_stats
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