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Why every chart should show its query
A chart without its query asks you to trust it. We put the query, the filters and the excluded rows next to every answer. Here is why.
Theo Marchetti
Two people in the same meeting can look at two charts of "active users" and see different numbers. Usually neither chart is wrong. They count different things, and nobody can tell which, because the definition is hidden.
Definitions drift
An active user might mean someone who logged in, someone who opened a project, or someone who did anything at all. Teams change these definitions as the product grows, and old charts keep the old ones without saying so.
What we show instead
Every answer in Facet carries its working: the SQL, the events it counted, the filters it applied and the rows it left out. You can copy the query, change a filter and run it again. If two charts disagree, you can see why in a minute instead of a week.
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