> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.beaconrevenue.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Relying on these numbers

> Where to look before you put a Beacon figure in front of a board, an auditor or an investor — how current it is, whether it is settled, and who else can see it.

The pages that answer *can I rely on this figure* — as opposed to *what does it mean*, which is [Definitions](/definitions/overview).

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  <Card title="How current a number is" href="/how-current-a-number-is">
    The two timestamps on every figure: the moment it describes, and when Beacon last worked it out.
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  <Card title="Sealed and live figures" href="/sealed-and-live">
    What sealing fixes, why a sealed figure is never edited, and what supersedes one.
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  <Card title="Period close and corrections" href="/period-close">
    What closing a period does, and how a correction is recorded without overwriting anything.
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  <Card title="How confident a number is" href="/how-confident-a-number-is">
    The three confidence measures — per record, per system, per forecast — and the floors below which a figure is withheld.
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  <Card title="Data integrity" href="/data-integrity">
    The five dimensions behind a record's confidence, and what happens when one is thin.
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  <Card title="Forecast confidence" href="/forecast-confidence">
    How much weight a forecast carries, and what Beacon may do on its own at each level.
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  <Card title="When a figure is unavailable" href="/boundaries">
    Why there is no empty cell, no zero standing in, and no plausible estimate.
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  <Card title="Who can see which figure" href="/access-and-grants">
    What a reader grant states, and why outside readers see sealed figures only.
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  <Card title="What each figure means" href="/definitions/overview">
    One article per published value: how it is calculated, and what it is not.
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