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Month-over-Month Revenue Growth

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Calculate month-over-month revenue growth. For each month (as order_month), show monthly_revenue (sum of totals), prev_month_revenue (LAG), and growth_pct (percentage change from previous month, rounded to 1 decimal). Sort by order_month. MoM growth is asked at literally every FAANG company.

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Schema

orders

order_idcustomer_idproductcategoryquantitypricetotalorder_datecountrystatus
11Laptop ProElectronics11299.991299.992024-01-15USAcompleted
22Wireless MouseElectronics249.9999.982024-01-16Canadacompleted
33Office ChairFurniture1349.99349.992024-01-17USAcompleted

Expected output: growth_pct: 20.0%

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Concepts

SELECT Window Functions LAG Date Functions GROUP BY CTE

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