Background:
Choprite, a multi-location retail chain, has collected a large amount of sales data over the past year. However, the data is unstructured, with inconsistencies and missing values. Management wants to use this data to evaluate sales performance, uncover trends, and support better decision-making. Your task is to clean, transform, and analyze the data using SQL and Tableau to produce actionable insights.
Your Responsibilities:
Detect and handle missing values in the dataset by using appropriate methods such as filling with averages or removing records with too much missing information.
Identify and eliminate duplicate transactions to ensure the dataset accurately reflects unique sales records.
Verify sales accuracy by checking that the total sale amount equals the quantity sold multiplied by the unit price, and correct any mismatches.
Group similar products into broader categories where necessary, and generate sales summaries by category to aid in product-level insights.
Analyze overall sales trends over time, including identifying:
Examine customer purchasing behavior to:
Based on your analysis, recommend product categories or individual items that should be prioritized in marketing and inventory decisions, based on demand and revenue contribution.