What should you do first when a stakeholder disputes your numbers?
- A Reconcile at a granular level to find where the two figures diverge
- B Defend the result
- C Rerun the same query
- D Change the presentation
Answer
Reconcile at a granular level to find where the two figures diverge
The gap is almost always a definition difference such as a different date field or an excluded category, not an error in either figure.





