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{
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"label": "Margin-rate distribution",
"question_family": "What is the distribution shape of row-level margin rates across the available brand-month observations?",
"analysis_task_ids": [
"distribution"
],
"selection_emphases": [
"frequency_shape"
],
"validity": "valid",
"business_purpose": "Inspect spread and concentration of observed row-level margin rates.",
"role_bindings": {
"distribution_metric": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "metric.marginrate"
}
},
"period_rule_id": "period_rule.all_available",
"conditions": [
"Use the sixteen row-level brand-month observations without aggregating MarginRate first."
],
"rationale": "MarginRate is a numeric observation at the documented row grain and the question explicitly concerns that observation distribution.",
"evidence_ids": [
"evidence.margin_rate",
"evidence.grain_and_period",
"evidence.analysis_rules"
],
"confidence": "high",
"caveats": [
"The sample is small; a smoothed density interpretation is not approved."
]
},
{
"analysis_id": "analysis.sales_price_volume_mix",
"label": "Sales price-volume-mix decomposition",
"question_family": "How did the sales change between the reviewed current and prior-year windows decompose into price, volume, and mix effects?",
"analysis_task_ids": [
"variance_and_bridge"
],
"selection_emphases": [
"pvm_decomposition_comparison"
],
"validity": "valid",
"business_purpose": "Decompose the comparable-window sales movement using additive value and volume semantics.",
"role_bindings": {
"period_filter": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "period.date"
},
"value_metric": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "metric.sales"
},
"volume_metric": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "metric.units"
}
},
"period_rule_id": "period_rule.current_ytd_vs_prior_ytd",
"conditions": [
"Use identical Brand-SKU population and equal calendar-month windows.",
"Derive price as the ratio of aggregate Sales to aggregate Units at the required decomposition grain."
],
"rationale": "The source defines compatible additive value, additive volume, derived price, and comparable period windows.",
"evidence_ids": [
"evidence.sales",
"evidence.units",
"evidence.average_selling_price",
"evidence.grain_and_period",
"evidence.analysis_rules"
],
"confidence": "high",
"caveats": [
"The fixture supports a mechanical example; business interpretation of mix effects remains context-dependent."
]
},
{
"analysis_id": "analysis.category_region_sales_composition",
"label": "Category and region sales composition",
"question_family": "How is current sales distributed jointly across Region and Category?",
"analysis_task_ids": [
"composition_and_mix"
],
"selection_emphases": [
"two_dimension_share_and_size"
],
"validity": "valid",
"business_purpose": "Show current sales size and composition across two cross-classifying dimensions.",
"role_bindings": {
"primary_metric": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "metric.sales"
},
"width_category": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "dimension.region"
},
"stack_category": {
"binding_type": "concept",
"concept_id": "dimension.category"
}
},
"period_rule_id": "period_rule.current_ytd",
"conditions": [
"Sum Sales by Region and Category within the current scope."
],
"rationale": "Region and Category cross-classify in the fixture and Sales is additive.",
"evidence_ids": [
"evidence.sales",
"evidence.dimensions",
"evidence.analysis_rules"
],
"confidence": "high",
"caveats": [
"Do not substitute Brand and SKU as the two dimensions because they are redundant in this fixture."
]
},
{
"analysis_id": "analysis.structured_statement",
"label": "Structured statement reporting",
"question_family": "Show a structured financial statement with line items and scenarios.",
"analysis_task_ids": [
"evidence_and_reporting_tables"
],
"selection_emphases": [
"structured_statement_values"
],
"validity": "invalid",
"business_purpose": "Record that the dataset cannot support a statement table despite containing numeric values.",
"role_bindings": {},
"period_rule_id": null,
"conditions": [],
"rationale": "The source explicitly states that no statement structure, statement line, or scenario semantics are present.",
"evidence_ids": [
"evidence.analysis_rules"
],
"confidence": "high",
"caveats": [
"A different prepared package with reviewed statement roles would require a separate semantic layer or revision."
]
}
],
"open_questions": [],
"review": {
"status": "human_reviewed",
"reviewed_by": "Reporting Engine fixture author",
"reviewed_at": "2026-07-28",
"notes": [
"Review applies only to the synthetic fixture and its canonical source notes.",
"Contract validation proves wiring, not the truth of semantic judgments in another dataset."
]
},
"boundaries": {
"semantic_judgment_owner": "model_or_human_review",
"deterministic_validation_scope": "Schema, identifiers, evidence references, business-metric mapping references, profile bindings, manifest intent references, and required role coverage only.",
"chart_selection_included": false,
"rendering_included": false
}
}
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