Customers count on first of the month report

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Customers count on first of the month report

mario.it

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August 9, 2021 at 7:07 pm

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Hi all!
I'm a t-sql beginner and have to generate a report as it follows:
First_of_Month | Customers Count
2020-01-01 100
2020-02-01 180
...........
2021-01-01 379
...........
2021-08-01 500
On each first of month it should count the total number of customers in that moment.
declare @first DATE = '2020-01-01';
declare @counter INT =0;
while @counter <= 20
begin
select dateadd(month, @counter,@first)
count(distinct customerid)
insert into dbo.report
from sales
where saledate <= @first
set @counter = @counter + 1
end;
How to do this with one SQL query? Something is not ok now and I cannot generate properly.
Thank you so much!
Mario

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ScottPletcher SSC Guru Points: 101108 More actions · Answer 1

DECLARE @first_sales_month date = '20200101'
DECLARE @last_sales_month date  = '20201201'

SET @first_sales_month = DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, @first_sales_month, 0)
SET @last_sales_month = DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, @last_sales_month, 0)

SELECT
    DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, @last_sales_month), 0) AS sales_month,
    COUNT(DISTINCT customerid) AS distinct_customer_count
FROM dbo.sales
WHERE saledate >= @first_sales_month AND saledate < DATEADD(MONTH, 1 @last_sales_month)

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ktflash Default port Points: 1400 More actions · Answer 2

Does it have to be a query using variables etc?

In theory you can get the first of each month and then do a group by with your distinct count of all rows older than.

select FIRST_OF_MONTH
      ,count(distinct customer_ID)
from dbo.sales a
/*Get First of Month, Timetable preferable instead of sales*/
      inner join (select FIRST_OF_MONTH=DATEADD(DAY,1,EOMONTH(Date_Column,-1))
    from dbo.sales
    group by DATEADD(DAY,1,EOMONTH(Date_Column,-1))) FOM on a.Date_Column <= FOM.FIRST_OF_MONTH
group by FIRST_OF_MONTH
order by 1

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kaj SSCommitted Points: 1605 More actions · Answer 3

or maybe

declare @first DATE = '20200101';
insert into dbo.report (First_Of_Month, Customers_Count)
select top(20) 
    dateadd(d,1-day(saledate),saledate) as First_Of_Month, 
    count(distinct customerid) as Customers_Count
from Sales
where saledate >= @first
group by dateadd(d,1-day(saledate),saledate)
order by First_Of_Month desc