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U9 cloud Management Reports: Govern Metric Definitions and Lineage

Define formula, source, owner and version for revenue, cost, profit, inventory and cash metrics to avoid conflicting numbers.

管理报表口径治理 / Management Report Definitions18 minUpdated 2026-08-21
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Learning objective

Complete a management report from metric dictionary through reconciliation and release approval.

Roles

Finance, process owners, key users, IT, consultants and internal audit

Prerequisites

  • Confirm entity, period, currency, masters and access.
  • Prepare approved normal and exception data.
  • Define approvals, cut-off and change control.

Completion checks

  • Results trace to source and accountable role.
  • Quantity, amount, period and status are reviewable.
  • Exceptions retain cause, approval, action and closure evidence.

Common errors

  • Overwriting history and losing traceability.
  • No segregation of duties.
  • Testing only normal flow.

Thailand project note

Thai implementations should confirm Thai/English masters, THB and foreign currencies, Asia/Bangkok time, segregation, approvals and local retention. This covers ERP management controls only; VAT, WHT, BOI, customs and statutory-accounting conclusions require qualified Thai professional review.

Related modules

finance-governancemanagement-accountinginternal-control

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Steps

01List users, decision questions, frequency, dimensions and deadline.
02For each metric define formula, inclusions, exclusions, currency, unit and period.
03Record source system, table or document, transformation and data owner.
04Trace samples from report to source and recalculate from source to report.
05When definitions change, assess historical comparability and issue version notes.
06Business and finance jointly approve release while retaining data-quality exceptions.
  1. 01

    List users, decision questions, frequency, dimensions and deadline.

  2. 02

    For each metric define formula, inclusions, exclusions, currency, unit and period.

  3. 03

    Record source system, table or document, transformation and data owner.

  4. 04

    Trace samples from report to source and recalculate from source to report.

  5. 05

    When definitions change, assess historical comparability and issue version notes.

  6. 06

    Business and finance jointly approve release while retaining data-quality exceptions.

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Implementation notes

  • Pilot one entity and representative period.
  • Exceptions require source, owner and closure evidence.
  • Menus and fields depend on current release and blueprint.
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References