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Monthly Cloud Cost Forecast Error

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Domain
SQL
Difficulty
hard
Seniority
mid, senior

Problem

We want a naive forecast model for monthly cloud costs. Sum cloud cost amounts at a monthly level. Use the previous month's total as the forecast for the current month, then calculate the absolute percentage error versus actual. Show year-month, actual cost, forecasted cost, and percentage error.

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