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Resolving Report Discrepancies
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Resolving Report Discrepancies

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How would you handle a situation when you discovered a discrepancy on a report?

Use the provided report and transaction tables to identify periods where the reported total does not agree with the transaction-derived total, including missing report periods and missing source transactions.

Output

  1. One row per discrepancy, with customer_id, report_month, reported_total, calculated_total, variance, and discrepancy_status.
  2. Include amount mismatches, missing reports, missing source transactions, and NULL reported totals. Exclude matching totals.
  3. Order by report_month ascending, then customer_id ascending.

Schema

report_totals
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTCustomer identifier reported in the monthly report
report_monthPKDATEFirst day of the reporting month
reported_totalNUMERIC(12,2)Total amount recorded in the report
source_transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique source transaction identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the transaction
transaction_dateDATEDate on which the transaction occurred
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Transaction amount used to calculate the expected report total
Tablesreport_totalssource_transactions
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