Description
Subtract supplied excluded customers from a recorded active count.
Business metrics depend on event definitions, time windows, revenue and cost bases, and reporting scope. Observed sales during stockout do not by themselves verify latent demand, while a return contribution depends on which costs were already recognized. Local flags and signed balances are not a complete profitability or causal analysis.
Subtract supplied excluded customers from a recorded active count.
When to use this tool
Use Active Customer Exclusion Adjustment when you already have recordedActive, excludedCustomers and need to subtract supplied excluded customers from a recorded active count.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter recordedActive, excludedCustomers. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read adjustedActive. Use the output convention below.
Require both counts nonnegative safe integers; return active-excluded without clamping.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| recordedActive | Recorded Active | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| excludedCustomers | Excluded Customers | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| adjustedActive | Adjusted Active | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"recordedActive": 100,
"excludedCustomers": 12
},
"output": {
"adjustedActive": 88
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Negative discrepancies are retained. No customer, exclusion subset, activity definition, identity or actual metric is verified.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Reconcile source transactions, inventory and cohort records with the full metric definitions. Use complete forecasts, accounting and study designs where needed; individual contributions and supplied scenarios do not establish performance or causal effects.
References
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