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Top Departments by Expenditure
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Top Departments by Expenditure

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the top 5 departments by total expenditure in the last fiscal year at the University of Utah.

Use the fiscal year marked as the last completed fiscal year. Return only expenditure records associated with a department and that fiscal year.

Output

  1. One row per department, with department_name and total_expenditure.
  2. Include the five departments with the highest totals.
  3. Order by total_expenditure descending, breaking ties by department_name ascending.

Schema

departments
ColumnTypeDescription
department_idPKINTUnique department identifier
department_nameVARCHAR(150)University of Utah department name
college_nameVARCHAR(150)College or administrative division containing the department
expenditures
ColumnTypeDescription
expenditure_idPKINTUnique expenditure record identifier
department_idINTDepartment charged for the expenditure
fiscal_yearINTFiscal year associated with the expenditure
amountNUMERIC(14,2)Expenditure amount in US dollars
fiscal_years
ColumnTypeDescription
fiscal_yearPKINTFiscal year identifier
start_dateDATEFirst date of the fiscal year
end_dateDATELast date of the fiscal year
is_last_completedBOOLEANWhether this is the last completed fiscal year
Tablesdepartmentsexpendituresfiscal_years
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