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Reconcile ERP and Planning Balances

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

You are given a single reconciliation table that contains balance snapshots from two sources: ERP and a planning tool. Write a PostgreSQL query that returns each account with its ERP balance, planning balance, and the variance between them, then sort the accounts by the largest absolute variance. Treat missing source values as zero when calculating variance.

Schema

reconciliation_balances
ColumnTypeDescription
account_idINTAccount identifier
account_nameVARCHAR(100)Account name
source_systemVARCHAR(20)Source system name, such as ERP or Planning
as_of_dateDATESnapshot date
balance_amountDECIMAL(12,2)Reported balance amount
Tablesreconciliation_balances
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