Rolling 7-Day Messages Per Account | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a query to find the rolling 7-day average of messages sent per Twilio customer account, accounting for days with zero activity.

Use the provided customer account and message data for January 1 through January 10, 2024. Return every account for every date in that period, including accounts and dates with no messages.

Output

One row per account and calendar date
Columns: account_id, activity_date, message_count, and rolling_7_day_average
The average should include available dates up to seven calendar days, with zero-message dates included
Order by account_id, then activity_date

Schema

customer_accounts

Column	Type	Description
account_idPK	INT	Unique Twilio customer account identifier
account_name	VARCHAR(100)	Customer account name
created_at	DATE	Date the account was created

messages

Column	Type	Description
message_idPK	INT	Unique message identifier
account_id	INT	Customer account associated with the message
sent_at	TIMESTAMP	Timestamp when the message was sent
message_type	VARCHAR(30)	Message channel or type

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