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PlatformCase 08 of 11

Reporting at a coarser level than execution

A platform executes targeting at a fine geography (e.g. H3 r8 or zip+4) but only reports delivery at a coarse level (e.g. DMA or state), masking whether the fine-grained target was actually honored.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
2 conversions
01

Detection

Reporting API's finest available geography dimension is coarser than the geography used at targeting time.

02

Mitigation

01
Request the platform's most granular reporting breakdown available, even if coarser than execution
02
Treat unverifiable fine-grain execution as an assumption to be validated by independent measurement (e.g. geo-lift test), not platform reporting
03

Affected conversions

H3platform-native IDs
OPEN
Admin polygonsH3 (weighted crosswalk)
OPEN