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DATA-CLEANING5 MIN READ

Ask the Owner Before You Fill

Clarify ownership before applying a business-rule fill.

RevOps Lead RL business partner Fatima can fill missing sales_region from country, but EMEA wants Israel grouped differently for legal reporting. The dataset has a technical blank and a business-definition trap. 3 choices per turn 1 strong path RACI responsibility assignment matrix RACI clarifies who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed. In cleaning, that means the analyst may be responsible for applying a rule, but the business owner is accountable for the meaning of a field. Asking for the owner is not bureaucracy; it prevents the analyst from inventing policy through a spreadsheet formula. In practice, this is the difference…

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