{"id":"data2-reconcile-two-dashboards-revenue","audience":"finance","category":"data","track":"data","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Reconcile why two dashboards show different revenue","free":false,"task":"Two dashboards show different October revenue and a director wants to know why. Write a plain-text reconciliation of exactly 3 labeled lines: Dashboard A, Dashboard B and Gap. Show the subtraction from A's number to B's number step by step, name each cause with its dollar amount, and end the Gap line with whether anything is unexplained. Under 90 words, using only the figures given.","materialLabel":"Notes on the two dashboards (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"October revenue - why do the two dashboards disagree? (Ridgeway Software)\n\nDashboard A (Sales ops, built on the CRM):\n- October revenue: $1,200,000\n- Counts invoices at the invoice total, including sales tax and shipping on hardware.\n\nDashboard B (Finance, built on the ledger):\n- October revenue: $1,068,000\n- Counts revenue net of tax, shipping excluded, net of credit notes.\n\nKnown differences found by Finance (October):\n- Sales tax collected: $84,000\n- Shipping charges on hardware: $18,000\n- Credit notes issued: $22,000 (A ignores credit notes; B deducts them)\n- A one-time $10,000 timing item: A booked an invoice on Oct 31 that Finance recognizes in November.\n\nCheck: A minus these four items is what B should be.\nNobody has yet looked at currency conversion; both dashboards say they use the month-end USD rate.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Naming causes without math","why":"The AI lists reasons but never subtracts them from A.","fix":"Add: \"Show $1,200,000 - $84,000 - ... = $X.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forcing a perfect match","why":"The AI claims the four items explain the whole gap.","fix":"Add: \"State how far the result is from B and call the leftover unexplained.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inventing a cause","why":"The AI blames currency conversion or rounding for the leftover.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the figures given. Don't guess a cause for any leftover.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Leaving the format to chance","why":"The AI picks its own length and layout unless told the exact shape.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold or headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for three labeled lines","patterns":["dashboard a:","dashboard b:","gap:"]},{"label":"Asks for the subtraction","patterns":["subtract","step","1,?200,?000 ?-"]},{"label":"Names the amounts","patterns":["84,?000","18,?000","22,?000","10,?000"]},{"label":"Asks for leftover handling","patterns":["unexplained","leftover","don.t guess"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["under \\d+ words","no notes"]}],"hint":"Reconciliations only convince if the arithmetic is on the page and the leftover is stated honestly.","mission":"Why do these two dashboards disagree?","musts":["Step-by-step subtraction","Each cause with dollars","State unexplained leftover"],"rubricLabels":["The Gap line shows A minus the four items step by step, with the right amounts: $84,000 sales tax, $18,000 shipping, $22,000 credit notes and $10,000 timing item","The arithmetic reaches the right result: $1,200,000 - $84,000 - $18,000 - $22,000 - $10,000 = $1,066,000, which is $2,000 below Dashboard B's $1,068,000, so $2,000 is unexplained","There are exactly three lines starting Dashboard A:, Dashboard B: and Gap:, giving $1,200,000 and $1,068,000, and the reply does not invent a cause for the $2,000"]}