The situation
Imagine two departments using reports with the same measure name but different totals. Both teams believe their report is correct.
ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO
Two reports. Two different answers.
A discussion example—not a completed client engagement or a claim of results.
The complication
A report name does not define its data. The outputs may use different dates, entity selections, adjustments, or filters. The mismatch may be conceptual rather than technical.
The proposed approach
Write a shared business definition. Trace both reports to their sources and compare a small example. Agree which differences are intentional and which require a change.
How to validate the outcome
Reconcile the revised output to an agreed reference, document expected differences, and assign an owner for future definition changes.
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