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validation

The process of examining a business rule compared to an outline to ensure the item being examined is valid and true.

validation rules

Rules used in financial data quality management to enforce data integrity.

variance

The difference between two values.

version

A possible outcome used within the context of a scenario of data.

vertical extensibility

Refers to the sharing of dimension types, such as accounts by entity.

view

A dimension used to specify the presentation of data from a time perspective. For example, April can be viewed as the month of April data (Periodic) or the cumulative total of data through April (YTD). There are many variations provided to view the data for time.

visual cue

A formatted style, such as a font or a color, that highlights specific data value types.