Certified and derived charts

A chart in Kraal tells you whether the numbers are the report's own cells, or arithmetic the chart computed from those cells.

Certified

A chart marked Certified copies the cells a report already returned. It does not add them up, subtract them, or invent a point. Under the chart, the line is:

Figures computed by the accounting engine, not by the assistant.

Use a certified chart when you need the same figures the report shows.

Derived

A chart marked Derived computed at least one point from those cells. A total across parties, a quarter total, or a change is that kind of point. The chart says so. Its usual line is:

Derived live from the books, not certified. Source figures from the accounting engine.

Read the note on the chart for how that particular figure was built. A derived chart is useful, and it is not a substitute for the certified cells.

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Some charts have no Certified or Derived mark. If the line under the chart says the figures were transcribed by the assistant, verify them before you use them.