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SQL Utilization and Variance Analysis
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SQL Utilization and Variance Analysis

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to analyze operational performance by team and month, joining delivery data to staffing data and calculating utilization and variance to target.

Use the provided delivery and staffing tables. Include delivery months even when staffing data is unavailable, and avoid division by zero.

Output

  1. One row per team and delivery month.
  2. Columns: team_id, month_start, delivered_units, actual_hours, available_hours, utilization_pct, target_utilization_pct, and variance_to_target_pct.
  3. Sort by team_id, then month_start.

Schema

delivery_data
ColumnTypeDescription
delivery_idPKINTUnique delivery record identifier
team_idVARCHAR(20)Identifier of the delivery team
delivery_dateDATEDate on which delivery work was recorded
delivered_unitsINTNumber of units delivered
actual_hoursDECIMAL(10,2)Hours spent on delivery work
staffing_data
ColumnTypeDescription
staffing_idPKINTUnique staffing record identifier
team_idVARCHAR(20)Identifier of the staffed team
month_startDATEFirst day of the staffing month
available_hoursDECIMAL(10,2)Hours available for delivery work
target_utilization_pctDECIMAL(5,2)Target utilization percentage for the team and month
Tablesdelivery_datastaffing_data
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