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Plausibility diagnostic

Prerequisites

This check can only be performed if the plausibility diagnostic is enabled for the process. See Plausibility Diagnostic page.

Check description

This check verifies the amounts of a data collection related to a given scenario/period against the amounts of the same data collections related to another scenario/period. This comparison generates error reports of varying severity or warning messages.

For example, by defining a dedicated set of rules, it enables verification of the following aspects:

  • that between actual data and budget data there are no percentage differences greater than a specific threshold
  • the Cumulated actual P&L account is neither less than nor too much greater than that of the previous month
  • that there are no percentage differences greater than a given percentage
  • that the FS items on a certain scenario balance with the same elements that, on another scenario, are split on an additional dimension (for example, the Business Lines for the purposes of segment reporting)
  • that the FS items or budget items allocated on cost centres on specific categories balance with the total of the same items before the allocations

For the checks, the comparison rules associated with the ‘plausibility rules grouping’ node specified for the process are applied. The degree of severity of the errors is determined by the thresholds set in the plausibility logics list. See the ‘Plausibility Check Logics’ page.

The check is performed for entities which, in the plausibility execution plan defined for the process, have a Severity Type set to ‘Automatic’.

The check is performed only on original scenarios. On gross amounts, it reports any unbalanced amounts on the gross amount step present in the process data model of the entity being diagnosed. On IC amounts, it reports any unbalanced amounts on the IC step present in the process data model of the entity being diagnosed.