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Year-over-Year Growth SQL
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Year-over-Year Growth SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL statement to calculate year-over-year growth metrics from raw event logs.

Use the provided event log and event type data. Include only event types and years with a matching prior calendar year.

Output

  1. One row per event type and year.
  2. Columns: event_type_name, event_year, event_count, prior_year_count, yoy_change, and yoy_growth_pct.
  3. Sort by event_type_name, then event_year ascending.

Schema

event_types
ColumnTypeDescription
event_type_idPKINTUnique event type identifier
event_type_nameVARCHAR(100)Readable event type name
event_logs
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique raw event identifier
event_type_idINTReferenced event type identifier
occurred_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the event occurred
Tablesevent_logsevent_types
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