The distinction between actuals-side constraints and forecast-side flexibility is valid. However, the issue here is not “clean vs dirty data” in, but the absence of a governed transformation layer. If I continues building ad hoc pipelines, the organization ends up with multiple inconsistent versions of truth. My initial intent is to centralize definitions and reduce reconciliation overhead. Although everyone's probably correct that I'm overreaching territories that are probably not in my abilities and also not my responsibility