A data steward discovers that two systems report different customer counts for the same reporting period. What is the FIRST step in resolving this discrepancy?
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A
Declare one system authoritative and discard the other
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B
Identify the business rules and transformation logic each system uses to count customers
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C
Average the two counts and use that as the official figure
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D
Escalate immediately to the CIO without further investigation