Briefle words · Data & charts
Source note
A short line, usually under the chart, naming where the numbers came from and any filters, exclusions or oddities in the data.
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Report page with horizontal bars of September orders by destination country, values at the bar ends and the total in the subtitle. End with a source note stating the table, the data as of date (Mon Oct 5, 2026), the exclusions and how 'Other EU' is grouped.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Orders by country page”.
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Try it as a puzzle →A page from the monthly operations report of a plant-delivery web store, circulated as a PDF.
Why: A's footer begins 'Source: orders table' and says refunded and cancelled orders are excluded; B has no footer at all.
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