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Gemini: inspect a CSV before using its totals
Prepare a small non-sensitive CSV with headers, sample rows and an explicit definition of an order. Keep a copy of the original.
Environment and inputs: Gemini user guide · Feature and source access depend on the active account, app and organization settings. Optional file or app steps have a text-excerpt fallback. No fixed model version, price or usage quota is assumed.
What you will make
A practical Gemini guide to inspect a CSV before using its totals. Use the sample input and prompt, then check the result. Use a fictional office operations task as the practice setting. State the source revision and review date alongside the requested output.
Prepare the source and scope
Prepare a small non-sensitive CSV with headers, sample rows and an explicit definition of an order. Keep a copy of the original. Open Gemini Apps and use the account and source options permitted for this assignment.
Try this prompt
In Gemini, provide the prepared input, then send the following request. For real work, replace fictional details with approved facts.
Inspect this CSV for missing order IDs, duplicate IDs and inconsistent dates. Report row numbers and proposed handling; do not delete or repair records automatically.Review the result
Check reported rows in the original and decide whether duplicate IDs represent repeated orders or legitimate line items. Record each correction and its supporting source.
If the answer is wrong or incomplete
A duplicated value is not necessarily a duplicated record. Preserve legitimate repeated transactions when defining cleanup rules. Name the exact source being used. If a connected or uploaded file is unavailable, paste a permitted excerpt and continue with that limited evidence.
Practice and completion check
Repeat with one incomplete input. Check the answer against the review criteria, remove unsupported claims and save the prompt with its source version. This workflow has not been verified in a customer deployment.