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Tern Client Services: Statement of work deliverables with an allocation that does not add up

Statement of work deliverables with an allocation that does not add up for Tern Client Services. The same 9 rows as sow-deliverables.csv with one number changed: the SOW-2026-03 D2 allocation is 2150.00 instead of 2200.00. The three SOW-2026-03 allocations therefore sum to 3950.00 against the 4000.00 that every row of that group states as sow_not_to_exceed_usd, a shortfall of 50.00 USD. The other two statements of work still balance exactly.

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Document Set
contracts
Industry
professional-services
Source Kit
crm-services
Entity
Tern Client Services
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08

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Specifications

Document Set
contracts
Industry
professional-services
Source Kit
crm-services
Entity
Tern Client Services
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08
Rows
9
Mutated Row
9
Mutated Column
allocation_usd
Shortfall
50.00
Balanced Groups
2
Unbalanced Groups
1

Testing contract

Expected to fail
Scenario
Run the same group-and-sum check used on sow-deliverables.csv.
Expected result
SOW-2026-03 sums to 3950.00 against a stated not-to-exceed of 4000.00, a shortfall of 50.00 USD on row 9 of the file; SOW-2026-01 and SOW-2026-02 still balance, so a checker that only tests the grand total of 8950.00 against 9000.00 finds the same 50.00 but cannot say which group caused it.

What is a .csv file?

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a plain-text tabular format where rows are lines and fields are separated by commas, with quoting rules for values that contain delimiters, quotes, or newlines. It has no formal type system and depends on encoding and dialect conventions. It is the most portable format for tabular data exchange.

How to use this file

Use an example CSV to test parsers against quoting and embedded-delimiter edge cases, header handling, encoding detection, and import pipelines into databases or spreadsheets.

How to use this file for testing

“Tern Client Services: Statement of work deliverables with an allocation that does not add up” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Data import, CSV parsing, Error handling. Realistic faker-generated datasets with documented schemas for testing import and ETL flows.

Documented properties for this file: 9 rows. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such, expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Data fixtures document their exact quirks (delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts) in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.

Code examples

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("sow-deliverables-allocation-mismatch.csv")
print(df.head())
print(df.dtypes)

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