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SQL • LESSON 72

GROUP BY Multiple Columns

How can we analyze employee counts by department and job title?

Intermediate3 Minutes850 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we analyze employee counts by department and job title?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

Grouping by multiple columns forms sub-groups based on unique combinations of all specified fields.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Role breakdowns per department, regional product sales matrices, multi-dimensional reporting.

💻 EXAMPLE
SELECT department, job_title, COUNT(*) AS employee_count
FROM employees
GROUP BY department, job_title;

🎯 Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for GROUP BY Multiple Columns.

  • Multi-column GROUP BY
  • Sub-group aggregation
  • Role distribution
  • Dimensional grouping