# Desk log FPA-PLANV2-20260823

**Status:** First-party illustrative sanitized composite; not customer data, audited financials, a statistical study, or independent validation  
**Page:** https://infinisynapse.com/en/blog/financial-planning-and-analysis  
**Run date:** 2026-08-23  
**Evidence checked:** 2026-08-31  
**Operator:** InfiniSynapse Data Team  
**Attestor:** William Zhu, InfiniSynapse cofounder ([GitHub @allwefantasy](https://github.com/allwefantasy))

## Accuracy and experience record

The operator compared August 2026 actuals with Plan v2 on a sanitized finance composite. The question fixed entity, period, account grain, books-closed-plus-two cutoff, rollup note, and one-time-reclass exclusion.

The first narrative blamed hiring. Inspection showed contracted services, not FTE, so the operator rejected it. A vendor-invoice join identified an illustrative $90k true-up component within the $120k cloud variance. The retained memo used the corrected descriptions.

## Published illustrative rows

| Line item | Variance ($k) | Reported driver |
|---|---:|---|
| Contracted services | +280 | Contractor spend |
| Cloud | +120 | Usage and true-up |
| Travel | −40 | Lower travel spend |
| Mapping miss | +35 | Cost-center parent error |
| Cloud true-up component | +90 | Component of cloud variance |

The [aggregate CSV](https://infinisynapse.com/blog-media/financial-planning-and-analysis/downloads/aggregate-FPA-PLANV2-20260823.csv) exposes these values. The [verification script](https://infinisynapse.com/blog-media/financial-planning-and-analysis/downloads/verify-FPA-PLANV2-20260823.py) checks transcription only; it cannot reconstruct the private composite.

## External context

- [AFP FP&A Handbook](https://www.afponline.org/training-resources/resources/guides/additional-guides-whitepapers/detail/afp-2022-fp-a-handbook) (retrieved 2026-08-31)
- [U.S. GAO Assessing Data Reliability](https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-283g) (retrieved 2026-08-31)
- [UK Government AQuA Book](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-aqua-book) (retrieved 2026-08-31)

These publishers did not review the run or product.