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Reconcile Mismatched Financial Reports

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

You are given two monthly financial reports that should align by report_date, account_id, and metric_name, but some rows do not match. Write a PostgreSQL query that compares the reports and returns every row where the records are missing on one side or the amounts differ.

For each discrepancy, return the key fields, the amount from each report, and a reconciliation_status showing whether the row is missing_in_report_a, missing_in_report_b, or amount_mismatch.

Schema

report_a
ColumnTypeDescription
report_dateDATEReporting date
account_idINTAccount identifier
metric_nameVARCHAR(50)Financial metric name
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Amount from report A
report_b
ColumnTypeDescription
report_dateDATEReporting date
account_idINTAccount identifier
metric_nameVARCHAR(50)Financial metric name
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Amount from report B
Tablesreport_areport_b
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