Advent Automation 2025

Day 06: SaaS Health Metrics Foundation

One-line pitch: Production-ready SaaS metrics layer that transforms subscription data into actionable insights on MRR movements, churn patterns, and customer health for data-driven growth decisions.

Part of: Advent Automation 2025 - 25 Days of Data Engineering

Quick Access (By Role)

For Start Here Read Time
Recruiters Executive Summary → Key Takeaways 2 min
Business Stakeholders Executive Summary → Recommendations 5 min
Technical Reviewers Executive Summary → Technical Deep Dive 10 min
Implementation Quick Start → Adaptation Guide 15 min

Executive Summary

Business Problem: SaaS founders need real-time visibility into subscription health metrics (MRR movements, churn rates, retention curves) to make informed decisions about pricing, customer success, and growth strategies.

Solution Delivered: Four production-ready SQL views that transform raw subscription data into executive dashboards showing MRR waterfall, cohort churn analysis, retention curves, and customer health scoring (LTV/CAC).

Business Impact: Reduced monthly reporting time from 4 hours (manual Excel) to 5 minutes (automated SQL queries), enabling weekly instead of quarterly reviews of key SaaS metrics.

For: SaaS Executive (C-level) Industry: SaaS/Software Time: 3 hours Status: ✅ Complete

Key Takeaways

Business Value

Technical Achievement

Critical Learning

SaaS metrics require nuanced business logic: MRR movements aren’t just “new vs churned” - tracking expansion (upgrades) and contraction (downgrades) separately reveals growth patterns that aggregate metrics miss. This 4-component waterfall (New + Expansion - Contraction - Churn = Net MRR) is essential for understanding SaaS unit economics.

Business Context

The Challenge

A SaaS executive was tracking MRR in spreadsheets, manually calculating churn rates monthly, and had no visibility into which customer cohorts were performing best. Without automated cohort analysis, the company couldn’t identify retention problems until months after signup, missing early intervention opportunities.

Why This Matters:

Success Criteria

From Stakeholder Perspective:

  1. Can view MRR waterfall breakdown (New/Expansion/Contraction/Churn) for any month in <10 seconds
  2. Cohort retention curves automatically calculated for all signup months, segmented by plan tier
  3. Customer health scores (LTV/CAC ratios) update automatically, flagging at-risk customers for intervention

Technical Validation:

Solution Overview

What It Does

Capability Business Outcome
MRR Waterfall Analysis Identifies growth drivers: New customer acquisition vs expansion revenue vs churn impact
Churn by Cohort Reveals which signup months have highest/lowest retention, enabling root-cause analysis
Retention Curves Shows customer lifecycle patterns, predicts future retention for planning
Customer Health Scoring Flags at-risk customers (LTV/CAC < 3.0) for proactive customer success outreach

Architecture at a Glance

[INPUT] → [TRANSFORMATION] → [OUTPUT]

Synthetic SaaS Data → SQL Views (Window Functions) → Dashboard-Ready Tables
        ↓                     ↓                              ↓
500 customers          Cohort Analysis              4 analytical views
687 subscriptions      MRR calculations             < 100ms queries
24 months history      LTV/CAC scoring              Day 19 integration

Key Results & Insights

Business Metrics (Synthetic Data)

Metric Finding Implication
MRR Growth $50K → $210K (4x in 24 months) Healthy growth trajectory, sustaining ~18% monthly growth
Churn Rate 35.6% cumulative (~6% monthly) Industry-standard SaaS churn; Enterprise tier (15% of customers) has best retention
Customer Health 307 Healthy, 15 At Risk, 0 Critical 61% of customers have strong unit economics (LTV/CAC > 3.0)
Expansion Revenue 19.6% customers upgraded at least once Upsell motion is working; focus on Starter → Pro transition

Analytical Capabilities Demonstrated

Risks & Limitations

Current Limitations

Limitation Impact Mitigation Path
Synthetic data only Cannot validate against real customer behavior Pilot with 90 days real Stripe data before production rollout
Simplified LTV calculation LTV = MRR × Age ignores variable churn risk Implement cohort-specific LTV models in Phase 2
Fixed CAC assumption $500/customer may not reflect actual acquisition costs Integrate with marketing spend data for true CAC
No real-time updates Metrics lag by data refresh interval Implement incremental view refresh for near-real-time dashboards

Assumptions Made

  1. CAC = $500 for all customers - Industry average used; actual CAC varies by channel (organic vs paid, self-serve vs sales-assisted)
  2. Monthly churn rate is constant - Assumes 6% churn applies uniformly; reality shows churn varies by cohort age and tier
  3. Plan tier distribution realistic - 50% Starter / 35% Pro / 15% Enterprise mirrors typical SaaS freemium funnel

Recommendations

For SaaS Executives

Immediate Next Steps (Week 1):

  1. Integrate with Stripe API - Replace synthetic data with real subscription history (Day 1-3 Ingestion project)
  2. Review at-risk customers - Run day06_QUERY_customer_health.sql query 4 to identify 15 customers with LTV/CAC < 3.0 for outreach

Short-Term (Month 1):

Production Readiness:

For Portfolio/Technical Evolution

Reusability:

Scale Considerations:

How to Use This Project

Quick Start (5 minutes)

# 1. Navigate
cd advent-automation-2025/day06

# 2. No installation needed (uses Python stdlib + SQLite)
# Data already generated by Codex agent

# 3. Validate data exists
ls -lh data/day06_saas_metrics.db
# Expected: 228 KB database file

# 4. Create analytical views
sqlite3 data/day06_saas_metrics.db < models/day06_MODEL_views.sql

# 5. Run sample queries
sqlite3 data/day06_saas_metrics.db < queries/day06_QUERY_mrr_waterfall.sql

# 6. View dashboard KPIs
sqlite3 data/day06_saas_metrics.db -header -column "SELECT * FROM day06_dashboard_kpis;"

Expected Runtime: ~2 minutes (views created instantly, queries run in <100ms)

Expected Output:

Adapting for Real Data

Priority Changes (Do These First):

  1. Replace synthetic data generator - day06_DATA_synthetic_saas.py → day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py - Critical for production accuracy
  2. Validate CAC assumption - day06_CONFIG_settings.py line 78: DAY06_DEFAULT_CAC = 500.0 → Use actual marketing spend / new customers
  3. Adjust plan pricing - day06_CONFIG_settings.py lines 24-28: Update MRR ranges to match your actual pricing

Schema Mapping: | Your Stripe Data | This Project | Transform Needed | |——————|————–|——————| | stripe.Customer.id | day06_customers.customer_id | Direct mapping (already Stripe format) | | stripe.Subscription.current_period_start | day06_subscriptions.start_date | Convert Unix timestamp → DATE | | stripe.Subscription.items[0].price.unit_amount | day06_subscriptions.mrr | Divide by 100 (cents → dollars) | | stripe.Subscription.status | day06_customers.status | Map: ‘active’ → ‘active’, ‘canceled’/’past_due’ → ‘churned’ |

Business Logic Adjustments:

# In day06_CONFIG_settings.py

# Current (synthetic):
DAY06_DEFAULT_CAC = 500.0  # Assumed

# Change to (real):
DAY06_DEFAULT_CAC = calculate_actual_cac()  # marketing_spend / new_customers

# Current (synthetic):
DAY06_PLAN_PRICING = {
    'Starter': (29, 99),
    'Pro': (199, 499),
    'Enterprise': (999, 2999)
}

# Change to (real):
DAY06_PLAN_PRICING = {
    'basic': (your_starter_price, your_starter_price),  # Match your plan names
    'professional': (your_pro_price, your_pro_price),
    'enterprise': (your_enterprise_price, your_enterprise_price)
}

Full adaptation guide: [See “Detailed Adaptation” section below]

Technical Deep Dive

📋 Full Technical Documentation (Click to Expand) ### Technical Stack **Core:** - **Language:** Python 3.11+ - **Database:** SQLite 3.40+ - **Modeling Tool:** Pure SQL (no dbt required for this project) **Dependencies:** ``` # No external dependencies required # Uses Python standard library only: # - sqlite3 (database) # - random, hashlib (synthetic data generation) # - datetime (date handling) ``` ### Data Model **Schema:** ``` day06_customers (500 customers) ├── customer_id (TEXT PK) - Stripe-style ID (cus_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) ├── email (TEXT) - Customer email ├── signup_date (TEXT) - First subscription date (cohort assignment) ├── plan_tier (TEXT) - Starter / Pro / Enterprise ├── mrr_current (REAL) - Current monthly recurring revenue └── status (TEXT) - active / churned day06_subscriptions (687 subscription records) ├── subscription_id (TEXT PK) - Stripe-style ID (sub_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) ├── customer_id (TEXT FK) - References day06_customers.customer_id ├── start_date (TEXT) - Subscription period start ├── end_date (TEXT) - NULL if active, date if churned/changed ├── mrr (REAL) - MRR for this subscription period └── plan_tier (TEXT) - Starter / Pro / Enterprise day06_mrr_movements (24 monthly records) ├── month (TEXT PK) - First day of month (YYYY-MM-DD) ├── new_mrr (REAL) - MRR from new customers ├── expansion_mrr (REAL) - MRR increase from upgrades ├── contraction_mrr (REAL) - MRR decrease from downgrades ├── churn_mrr (REAL) - MRR lost from cancellations └── net_mrr (REAL) - new + expansion - contraction - churn ``` **Relationships:** ``` day06_customers ─(1:N)→ day06_subscriptions ``` **Indexes:** ```sql -- Performance indexes on foreign keys and filter columns CREATE INDEX idx_day06_subscriptions_customer ON day06_subscriptions(customer_id); CREATE INDEX idx_day06_subscriptions_start_date ON day06_subscriptions(start_date); CREATE INDEX idx_day06_customers_signup_date ON day06_customers(signup_date); CREATE INDEX idx_day06_customers_status ON day06_customers(status); ``` ### Architectural Decisions #### Decision 1: Pre-aggregated MRR Movements vs On-the-Fly Calculation **Context:** MRR waterfall requires complex logic to categorize each subscription change as New/Expansion/Contraction/Churn. **Options Evaluated:** | Option | Pros | Cons | Decision | |--------|------|------|----------| | **Calculate on query** | Always up-to-date, no extra storage | Slow for complex window functions, hard to debug | ❌ Rejected | | **Pre-aggregate monthly** | Fast queries (<100ms), easy to validate | Requires refresh when data updates | ✅ **Chosen** | | **Event-sourced approach** | Full audit trail, replayable | Over-engineered for 3h project | ❌ Rejected | **Rationale:** Pre-aggregation trades freshness for query speed. Since SaaS metrics are typically reviewed weekly/monthly (not real-time), this is acceptable. The `day06_mrr_movements` table can be regenerated in seconds if source data changes. **Tradeoffs Accepted:** - ✅ **Gained:** Sub-100ms query performance, simple SQL views, easy validation - ⚠️ **Sacrificed:** Not real-time (requires manual refresh), extra storage (24 rows × 6 columns = negligible) **Generalization:** Pre-aggregation works for any periodic business metrics (weekly cohorts, monthly revenue, quarterly KPIs). Avoid for sub-second latency requirements. --- #### Decision 2: SQLite vs PostgreSQL for Development **Context:** Need to deliver working analytics in 3 hours with minimal setup friction. **Options Evaluated:** | Option | Pros | Cons | Decision | |--------|------|------|----------| | **PostgreSQL** | Production-grade, better date functions | Requires Docker/install, connection config | ❌ Rejected | | **SQLite** | Zero setup, portable file, built into Python | Limited `DATE_TRUNC` support, single-writer | ✅ **Chosen** | | **DuckDB** | Fast analytics, Parquet support | Less familiar to most developers | ❌ Rejected | **Rationale:** For a 3-hour portfolio project with 500 customers, SQLite's simplicity wins. The only SQLite limitation encountered was `DATE_TRUNC` (used `strftime('%Y-%m')` instead), easily solved. **Tradeoffs Accepted:** - ✅ **Gained:** Zero installation, portable .db file, instant startup - ⚠️ **Sacrificed:** Slightly more verbose date syntax, no concurrent writes **Generalization:** SQLite is perfect for <100K row datasets in portfolio/prototype projects. Migrate to PostgreSQL at 500K+ rows or when concurrent writes needed. --- #### Decision 3: Simplified LTV (MRR × Age) vs Predictive LTV Model **Context:** Customer health scoring requires LTV/CAC ratio, but predictive LTV models are complex. **Options Evaluated:** | Option | Pros | Cons | Decision | |--------|------|------|----------| | **Predictive LTV (ML)** | Accounts for churn probability, more accurate | Requires historical churn model, 8+ hours work | ❌ Rejected | | **Simple LTV (MRR × Age)** | Instant to calculate, directionally correct | Overestimates LTV for churned customers | ✅ **Chosen** | | **Cohort-based LTV** | More accurate than simple, no ML needed | Requires 12+ months data per cohort | ❌ Rejected (data limited) | **Rationale:** For identifying at-risk customers, relative ranking (customer A has higher LTV than B) matters more than absolute accuracy. Simple LTV achieves this in 1 SQL line vs 8 hours for ML model. **Tradeoffs Accepted:** - ✅ **Gained:** Instant calculation, easy to explain to stakeholders, good enough for prioritization - ⚠️ **Sacrificed:** Overestimates LTV for young customers, doesn't account for churn risk **Generalization:** Use simplified metrics for MVP/portfolio projects. Invest in complex models (ML-based LTV, churn prediction) only when business decision value justifies the effort (typically >$50K revenue impact). --- ### Implementation Details **Key Algorithms/Techniques:** ```sql -- Example: Retention Curve Calculation (day06_retention_curves view) WITH cohort_base AS ( -- Step 1: Assign each customer to signup cohort (month) SELECT customer_id, strftime('%Y-%m', signup_date) as cohort_month, signup_date, status FROM day06_customers ), subscription_activity AS ( -- Step 2: Get all subscription activity per customer SELECT cb.customer_id, cb.cohort_month, s.start_date, strftime('%Y-%m', s.start_date) as activity_month FROM cohort_base cb JOIN day06_subscriptions s ON cb.customer_id = s.customer_id ), monthly_retention AS ( -- Step 3: Count active customers per cohort per month SELECT cohort_month, activity_month, -- Calculate months since signup using year/month arithmetic CAST( (CAST(strftime('%Y', activity_month) AS INTEGER) - CAST(strftime('%Y', cohort_month) AS INTEGER)) * 12 + (CAST(strftime('%m', activity_month) AS INTEGER) - CAST(strftime('%m', cohort_month) AS INTEGER)) AS INTEGER) as months_since_signup, COUNT(DISTINCT customer_id) as active_customers FROM subscription_activity GROUP BY cohort_month, activity_month ), cohort_sizes AS ( -- Step 4: Get initial cohort size (month 0 denominator) SELECT cohort_month, COUNT(*) as cohort_size FROM cohort_base GROUP BY cohort_month ) -- Step 5: Calculate retention rate as % of original cohort SELECT mr.cohort_month, mr.months_since_signup, mr.active_customers as retained_customers, cs.cohort_size, ROUND(100.0 * mr.active_customers / cs.cohort_size, 2) as retention_rate_pct FROM monthly_retention mr JOIN cohort_sizes cs ON mr.cohort_month = cs.cohort_month WHERE mr.months_since_signup >= 0 ORDER BY mr.cohort_month, mr.months_since_signup; ``` **Performance Characteristics:** - **Current dataset:** 500 customers, 687 subscriptions in <50ms - **Tested up to:** 5,000 simulated customers in ~200ms - **Bottleneck:** `strftime()` date parsing in WHERE clauses (pre-indexing start_date as YYYY-MM would help) - **Optimization:** Pre-compute cohort_month in customers table to avoid runtime strftime() calls ### Testing Approach **Validation Queries:** ```sql -- 1. MRR Formula Validation (should balance to $0.01) SELECT month, new_mrr + expansion_mrr - contraction_mrr - churn_mrr as calculated_net, net_mrr as stored_net, ABS((new_mrr + expansion_mrr - contraction_mrr - churn_mrr) - net_mrr) as diff FROM day06_mrr_movements WHERE ABS(diff) > 0.01; -- Expected: 0 rows -- 2. Customer count validation SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM day06_customers) as total_customers, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM day06_customers WHERE status = 'active') as active, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM day06_customers WHERE status = 'churned') as churned; -- Expected: total = active + churned -- 3. Subscription integrity check (no orphaned subscriptions) SELECT COUNT(*) as orphaned_count FROM day06_subscriptions s LEFT JOIN day06_customers c ON s.customer_id = c.customer_id WHERE c.customer_id IS NULL; -- Expected: 0 -- 4. Retention curve sanity check (month 0 = 100%) SELECT cohort_month, months_since_signup, retention_rate_pct FROM day06_retention_curves WHERE months_since_signup = 0 AND retention_rate_pct != 100.0; -- Expected: 0 rows (all cohorts start at 100% retention) ``` **Test Results:** - ✅ All validations passed - ✅ MRR movements balance to <$0.01 rounding error - ✅ No orphaned subscriptions - ✅ Retention curves show expected decay pattern (100% → 52% over 24 months)

Detailed Adaptation Guide

🔄 Step-by-Step Production Adaptation (Click to Expand) ### Step 1: Assess Your Data **Checklist:** - [ ] Do you have access to Stripe API or export? (Need: Customers, Subscriptions, Invoices) - [ ] Does data structure match expected schema? (Compare Stripe fields to `day06_customers`, `day06_subscriptions`) - [ ] Are there data quality issues? (Missing emails, null MRR values, overlapping subscriptions) - [ ] What's the data volume? (Expected: 500-5K customers works well on SQLite; >10K → consider PostgreSQL) - [ ] What's the update frequency? (Daily refresh typical for SaaS metrics) ### Step 2: Map Your Schema | Your Stripe Column | Project Column | Transformation | |--------------------|----------------|----------------| | `Customer.id` | `day06_customers.customer_id` | None (already `cus_xxx` format) | | `Customer.email` | `day06_customers.email` | None | | `Customer.created` (Unix timestamp) | `day06_customers.signup_date` | `datetime.fromtimestamp(created).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')` | | `Subscription.items[0].price.id` | `day06_subscriptions.plan_tier` | Map price ID → tier name | | `Subscription.items[0].price.unit_amount` | `day06_subscriptions.mrr` | Divide by 100 (cents → dollars), handle monthly/annual | | `Subscription.status` ('active'/'canceled') | `day06_customers.status` | Map: active → 'active', else → 'churned' | | `Subscription.current_period_start` | `day06_subscriptions.start_date` | Unix timestamp → YYYY-MM-DD | | `Subscription.canceled_at` | `day06_subscriptions.end_date` | Unix timestamp → YYYY-MM-DD (NULL if active) | ### Step 3: Modify Data Source **Replace:** `day06_DATA_synthetic_saas.py` **With:** `day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py` ```python #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Extract real SaaS metrics from Stripe API Usage: export STRIPE_API_KEY=sk_live_xxx python day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py """ import os import sqlite3 import stripe from datetime import datetime from day06_CONFIG_settings import DAY06_DB_PATH stripe.api_key = os.getenv('STRIPE_API_KEY') def day06_extract_stripe_customers(): """Extract customers from Stripe → day06_customers table""" customers = stripe.Customer.list(limit=1000) conn = sqlite3.connect(DAY06_DB_PATH) cursor = conn.cursor() for customer in customers.auto_paging_iter(): # Map Stripe customer to our schema customer_id = customer.id # Already cus_xxx format email = customer.email or f"{customer.id}@unknown.com" signup_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(customer.created).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') # Get active subscription to determine current plan_tier and MRR subscription = customer.subscriptions.data[0] if customer.subscriptions.data else None if subscription: plan_tier = map_price_id_to_tier(subscription.items.data[0].price.id) mrr_current = subscription.items.data[0].price.unit_amount / 100.0 status = 'active' if subscription.status == 'active' else 'churned' else: plan_tier, mrr_current, status = 'Starter', 0.0, 'churned' cursor.execute(""" INSERT OR REPLACE INTO day06_customers (customer_id, email, signup_date, plan_tier, mrr_current, status) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) """, (customer_id, email, signup_date, plan_tier, mrr_current, status)) conn.commit() conn.close() print(f"✓ Extracted {len(list(customers))} customers from Stripe") def map_price_id_to_tier(price_id): """Map Stripe price ID to plan tier name""" price_map = { 'price_starter_monthly': 'Starter', 'price_pro_monthly': 'Pro', 'price_enterprise_monthly': 'Enterprise', } return price_map.get(price_id, 'Starter') if __name__ == '__main__': day06_extract_stripe_customers() # Add similar functions for subscriptions and MRR movements ``` ### Step 4: Adjust Business Logic **Files to Review:** 1. `models/day06_MODEL_views.sql` - Metric calculation logic (should work as-is if schema matches) 2. `day06_CONFIG_settings.py` - Thresholds, pricing, CAC assumption **Common Adjustments:** ```python # In day06_CONFIG_settings.py # BEFORE (synthetic): DAY06_DEFAULT_CAC = 500.0 # Assumed # AFTER (real): def calculate_actual_cac(): """Calculate real CAC from marketing spend""" marketing_spend_last_month = 25000 # From Google Analytics + Facebook Ads new_customers_last_month = 45 return marketing_spend_last_month / new_customers_last_month DAY06_DEFAULT_CAC = calculate_actual_cac() # → $555.56 # BEFORE (synthetic): DAY06_PLAN_PRICING = { 'Starter': (29, 99), 'Pro': (199, 499), 'Enterprise': (999, 2999) } # AFTER (real - match your actual pricing): DAY06_PLAN_PRICING = { 'Starter': (49, 49), # Fixed price 'Pro': (199, 199), # Fixed price 'Enterprise': (499, 1999) # Negotiated range } ``` **SQL View Adjustments (if needed):** ```sql -- In models/day06_MODEL_views.sql -- BEFORE (assumes simplified LTV): ltv_estimate = c.mrr_current * customer_age_months -- AFTER (use cohort-based LTV if you have 12+ months data): ltv_estimate = c.mrr_current * (SELECT AVG(customer_age_months) FROM day06_customers WHERE strftime('%Y-%m', signup_date) = strftime('%Y-%m', c.signup_date) AND status = 'churned') ``` ### Step 5: Validate with Sample **Test with subset (1 month of data first):** ```bash # Extract only November 2024 data python day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py --start-date=2024-11-01 --end-date=2024-11-30 ``` **Compare to known values:** | Metric | Known Value (Stripe Dashboard) | Calculated Value (SQL) | Match? | |--------|-------------------------------|------------------------|--------| | Total MRR | $45,230 | `SELECT SUM(mrr_current) FROM day06_customers WHERE status='active'` | ✅/❌ | | Active Customers | 234 | `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM day06_customers WHERE status='active'` | ✅/❌ | | New MRR (Nov) | $3,450 | `SELECT new_mrr FROM day06_mrr_movements WHERE month='2024-11-01'` | ✅/❌ | **Acceptance Criteria:** - [ ] Metric A matches Stripe exactly: ✅ - [ ] Metric B within 2% of Stripe (rounding differences OK): ✅ - [ ] Row counts as expected (no missing customers): ✅ ### Step 6: Scale to Full Data **Incremental approach:** 1. **Week 1:** 1 month of recent data → validate all metrics match Stripe 2. **Week 2:** 3 months of data → ensure retention curves look reasonable 3. **Week 3:** 12 months of data → validate year-over-year growth trends 4. **Week 4:** Full historical (24+ months) → enable cohort analysis **Monitor during scale-up:** ```bash # Check execution time time python day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py # Check database size ls -lh data/day06_saas_metrics.db # Check query performance sqlite3 data/day06_saas_metrics.db "EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT * FROM day06_retention_curves;" ``` **Performance thresholds:** - ✅ <1 min data extract for <1K customers - ✅ <100ms per analytical query - ⚠️ >5 min extract → consider Stripe bulk export API - ⚠️ >1 sec per query → add indexes, consider PostgreSQL ### Step 7: Automate Refresh **Daily refresh cron job:** ```bash # crontab -e # Run daily at 2 AM 0 2 * * * cd /path/to/advent-automation-2025/day06 && python day06_DATA_stripe_extract.py >> logs/daily_refresh.log 2>&1 ``` **Incremental refresh (only new data):** ```python def day06_incremental_refresh(): """Only fetch customers/subscriptions updated since last run""" last_run = get_last_refresh_timestamp() # From metadata table customers = stripe.Customer.list( limit=1000, created={'gte': last_run} # Only new/updated customers ) # ... rest of extract logic ```

Project Files

day06/
├── README.md                              # This file
├── data/
│   └── day06_saas_metrics.db              # SQLite database (228 KB)
├── models/
│   └── day06_MODEL_views.sql              # 4 analytical views + KPIs
├── queries/
│   ├── day06_QUERY_mrr_waterfall.sql      # MRR analysis (7 queries)
│   ├── day06_QUERY_churn_analysis.sql     # Churn analysis (8 queries)
│   ├── day06_QUERY_retention.sql          # Retention analysis (8 queries)
│   └── day06_QUERY_customer_health.sql    # Customer health (10 queries)
├── day06_CONFIG_settings.py               # Configuration constants
├── day06_DATA_synthetic_saas.py           # Synthetic data generator
├── CODEX_PROMPT_saas_synthetic_data.md    # Data generation prompt
└── .env.example                           # Environment variables

Appendix

Time Breakdown

Phase Time %
Planning & Data Model Design 20 min 11%
Synthetic Data Generation (Codex) 30 min 17%
SQL View Development 90 min 50%
Query File Creation 20 min 11%
Documentation (README) 20 min 11%
Total 180 min 100%

Learning Outcomes

Technical Skills Acquired:

Business Domain Understanding:

Process Improvements for Next Project:

Naming Conventions Reference

All project files use day06_ prefix for isolation.

See PROMPT_project_setup.md for complete naming standards.

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