Two different results report files, one with ALL details and one with a summary of the data

[yezr]

We’ve been adding more granular inactive ballot buckets to help with reporting. These granular buckets are important for reporting on RCV contests, but are starting to take a lot of real estate and grab maybe too much attention in the summary.csv. So we’re proposing to split the current summary.csv into two separate files…

summary_report.csv

Will include most of the 2.0 updates like round by round vote percentages and round by round transfers but will NOT include the split out inactive buckets. It will have just one "Inactive Ballots Total" row similar to all output before 2.0.

• Number of undervotes in round 0
• For each candidate, each round
  • % of total votes for each round
  • Number of ballots transferred from eliminated candidate(s) in the previous round
• ~Inactive ballots in each round broken down by category~
  • ~Overvote~
  • ~Skipped Ranking~
  • ~Repeat Ranking~
  • ~Exhausted Choices~
• Per-Round winning threshold
• RCTab version number
• Contest Summary
• Number to be Elected
• Number of Candidates
• Total Number of Ballots

detailed_report.csv

will include all of the current 2.0 updates.

detailed_report.json

summary.json will include everything and be renamed detailed_report.json.

Tabulate by Slice

Tabulate by slice files will include everything and be renamed [sliceId]_[sliceType]_detailed_report.[csv|json]

[artoonie]

Should an extended summary, a simplified summary, or both be generated for slices?

[yezr]

tabulate by slice file name shouldn't change and should include all the information as it currently does. So as it is right now, no updates to tab by slice are necessary

[artoonie]

Noted. Flagging potential confusion as x_summary_extended.csv will correspond with x_by_slice_summary.csv

[yezr]

Noted. Flagging potential confusion as x_summary_extended.csv will correspond with x_by_slice_summary.csv

Noting this, can we rename the current tabulate by slice x_by_slice_summary.csv files tox_by_slice_summary_extended.csv to prevent this confusion. The original motivation for this ticket was at the contest level: for jurisdictions that don't want to have to be responsible for inactive bucket data explanations they would have an option to just post the summary file and not the summary_extended file. My thinking is that if someone is already digging into the tabulate by slice files they are going to want extended information no matter what.

[artoonie]

done!

[yezr]

title and original description updated based on conversations with RCVRC HQ to rename files to detailed_report and summary_report