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Automated Business Reporting

Collect data from agreed systems, validate it and deliver recurring reports with source timestamps and human review for material anomalies.

Discuss this workflow
01

Fit

  • Weekly or monthly reporting
  • Stable source systems
  • Named metric definitions
02

Architecture

  • Scheduled extraction
  • Validation and reconciliation
  • Metric calculation
  • Narrative draft
  • Approval and distribution
03

Permissions & ownership

  • Read-only source access
  • Restricted report destination
  • Named approver
04

Limitations

  • Metric definitions must precede automation
  • Late source data needs a policy
  • Narratives do not replace analysis
05

Supported events / actions

  • Period closed
  • Source refreshed
  • Variance detected
  • Report approved
06

Deliverables

  • Metric dictionary
  • Data workflow
  • Exception report
  • Distribution runbook