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Storytelling Visualizations for Non-Technical Stakeholders
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Storytelling Visualizations for Non-Technical Stakeholders

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

What is your preferred methodology for creating data visualizations that effectively tell a story to non-technical stakeholders? Write a PostgreSQL query that produces a concise, visualization-ready summary from the provided organizational data. Return one row per department and calendar month where initiatives were recorded, including the requested measures and a stable presentation order.

Output

  1. Columns: department_name, activity_month, total_initiatives, completed_initiatives, completion_rate, total_budget
  2. One row per department and month with recorded initiatives
  3. completion_rate is the percentage of initiatives marked completed, rounded to two decimals
  4. Sort by activity_month ascending, then department_name ascending

Schema

departments
ColumnTypeDescription
department_idPKINTUnique department identifier
department_nameVARCHAR(100)Department display name
initiatives
ColumnTypeDescription
initiative_idPKINTUnique initiative identifier
department_idINTOwning department identifier
started_atTIMESTAMPInitiative start timestamp
statusVARCHAR(30)Current initiative status
budgetNUMERIC(12,2)Allocated initiative budget
Tablesdepartmentsinitiatives
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