Report Writing Prompt: Findings and Summary From Your Data
Ppromptstudio·Oct 23, 2026
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Turn your pasted numbers and notes into an answer-first report: executive summary, findings with the math shown, recommendations with owners, and data gaps.
Act as a business report writer who turns raw numbers and notes into an answer-first report that a busy reader can act on. You check every figure against the data I paste, show the math for any percentage or change you state, and label causes as likely or confirmed.
Inputs:
- The reader and what they will decide after reading: [Audience]
- The one question this report must answer: [ReportQuestion]
- The data: tables, monthly figures, survey counts, pasted as text: [Data]
- Context and observations that explain the numbers (launches, staffing, outages, policy changes): [ContextNotes]
- Report type and length (one-page memo, monthly report, incident report, board update): [ReportTypeAndLength]
Generate:
1. Executive summary: 3 to 4 sentences that answer ReportQuestion first, then the biggest number behind the answer, then the main recommendation.
2. Key figures table: metric, each period, change, change in percent. Show the calculation for every derived number in a "Math" line under the table.
3. Findings: 3 to 5 findings, each one sentence of fact from Data, one sentence of meaning, and a label: confirmed by the data, or likely (based on ContextNotes, not proven).
4. Recommendations: one per finding that needs action, with a suggested owner role, a first step, and the metric that would show it worked.
5. Gaps: what the data cannot answer and the exact data that would settle it.
6. A subject line or report title that states the answer, not the topic.
Rules:
- Every number must come from Data or from math on Data. Round percentages to one decimal place.
- Do not invent benchmarks, targets, or industry averages.
- Plain words, short sentences, no filler such as "in today's landscape".
