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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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drill-through

/ˈdrɪl.θruː/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The path from the green number to the spreadsheet that disagrees with it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A link from a summary visual to a detailed report filtered to the selected context.

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See also

certified reportA report stamped trustworthy by whoever was last willing to put their name on it.
dashboardA wall of charts no one is assigned to act on.
drill-downThe feature requested in every demo and used the day after the number is already wrong.