# \[Show & Tell\] New Microsoft Power BI Website based off of Tiller Foundation Template - Report Site Works with Mac or PC or Mobile Phone

**URL:** <https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478>\
**Category:** Excel Templates\
**Tags:** excel, announcement, google-sheets, budgeting\
**Created:** [April 8, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478 "2026-04-08T00:39:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/1 "2026-04-08T00:39:21Z")

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Turn your Tiller Data into an Enterprise Power BI Dashboard (Automated Personal CFO)

Hey Tiller Community!

Like most of you, I absolutely love Tiller. Having my bank feeds automatically pulled into a spreadsheet changed the game for my personal finances. However, I kept running into the same problem: I was spending hours every month fighting with complex formulas, broken charts, and pivot tables trying to actually _visualize_ that data.

I wanted the kind of interactive, high-level analytics that massive corporations use, without the manual spreadsheet maintenance.

So, I built a website dedicated to the report. [https://freshman-finance.com](https://freshman-finance.com)

It is a fully automated, interactive “Personal CFO.” It takes the raw data you are already pulling, routes it through an automated pipeline, and renders it in a mathematically isolated, enterprise-grade Power BI dashboard.

Instead of updating spreadsheets, you can instantly see:

- **The Core Foundation:** Total Income, Expenses, and actual Net Cash Flow.

- **Your Burn Rates:** Paced daily spending averages to see exactly how fast cash is leaving your accounts.

- **Wealth Building Ratios:** Automated Expense Ratios and Savings Rate Percentages.

- **Time Intelligence:** Instant Year-Over-Year (YoY) variance and Month-Over-Month (MoM) growth comparisons.

Here is a YouTube video that gives a 1 minute overview of the report:

[Freshman Finance Power BI Engine](https://youtu.be/WzCmcRS_shc)

A few architectural highlights from the clip:

- **Dynamic Scenario Testing (0:07):** Adjusting a monthly expense parameter (like a car payment) and watching the limits instantly recalculate against the threshold without script execution delays.

- **Relational Speed & Drillthrough (0:28):** Slicing across Years/Quarters/Months in milliseconds. More importantly, drilling through to the atomic transaction level ensures the semantic model never orphans a row from its Category or Account context.

- **“Z-Axis” Survival Runways (0:49):** Instead of using rigid category folders, this utilizes multidimensional Behavior/Necessity filtering. Using the dropdowns to show “Discretionary” spending across _all_ categories simultaneously allows the dashboard to instantly show you where to cut spending if necessary.

**Test Drive the Live Sandbox** I spun up a fully functional sample environment so you can click around and see the Power BI engine in action before you connect your own data.

- **Desktop Mac or Windows Portal:** [https://reports.freshman-finance.com](https://reports.freshman-finance.com)

- **Username:** `GuestAccount`

- **Password:** ReportsABC!$!

 ![SampleReportPage2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/tillermoney/original/3X/e/b/eb4fc1448227f209614dee43cad47421d48ac3d4.png)

Start analyzing your future! With CFO Metrics! all metrics explained with an info glossary. Also we have a glossary with analysis at the website. Let me know what you guys think of the sandbox!

Best, David Creator, Freshman Finance

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/2 "2026-04-08T00:39:28Z")

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/3 "2026-05-12T21:35:50Z")

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**Author:** ![freshman.david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/freshman.david/32/24514_2.png) [@freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/u/freshman.david)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/4 "2026-05-13T17:10:25Z")

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Just a quick update for the community: After running into the mathematical limits of flat-file forecasting, I’ve completely pivoted the architecture of this project. I rebuilt it as an ‘Executive Tier’ SQL/Power BI engine that derives its information from a Tiller Excel formatted file. It works with either Google Sheets (saved as Excel file) or Excel template. **I added a 1-minute video demo to the original post above** showing how the VertiPaq engine handles instant scenario testing and Z-axis filtering without script timeouts. Would love to hear from anyone else porting their feeds into a relational database or if you are interested in seeing your data in the dashboard!

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**Author:** ![freshman.david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/freshman.david/32/24514_2.png) [@freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/u/freshman.david)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/5 "2026-05-14T16:53:00Z")

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[Freshman Finance Mobile Phone 3 Tiered Drillthrough](https://youtube.com/shorts/gOoNQ2_6BW4?si=VKwOQ6WLRY1Vs0AV)

I was reading through the thread on handling inactive categories and zero-budget months. This is exactly why I ultimately had to move my own architecture off of a flat-file spreadsheet and onto a relational database (Azure SQL + Power BI).

When you use a flat file, you have to write heavy multi-condition formulas just to hide a category, which eventually creates massive lag. In a relational model, you just flip a simple IsActive = 0 flag in the dimension table. The historical math stays perfect, zero computational load is added, and the category simply drops off the current active slicers.

I actually just recorded a quick screen capture on my iPhone to show what the UX looks like when the data is structured this way natively. It allows for a full three-tier ‘waterfall’ drilldown right from the mobile screen without any caching delays. Hope this helps give some perspective on different ways to tackle the data model!

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**Author:** ![freshman.david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/freshman.david/32/24514_2.png) [@freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/u/freshman.david)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/6 "2026-05-16T18:13:03Z")

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Just as an update. I changed the password to my GuestAccount. I put the updated password in my original post. Again feel free to message me here if you have any questions or comments or want to see how your Tiller Foundation template fits into the database. Thanks, David.

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/7 "2026-05-16T22:13:48Z")

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Beyond the Budget: Why I Track “Daily Burn Rate” for Discretionary Spending

Most of us start using Tiller to set a monthly budget. But I quickly realized that waiting until the end of the month to see if I hit my ‘Restaurant’ or ‘Entertainment’ goals was like driving by looking in the rearview mirror. I needed an operational metric, not a historical one. That’s why I shifted my focus to calculating a **Daily Burn Rate**.

Your fixed costs (mortgage, insurance) don’t need daily babysitting. But your discretionary categories—like dining out—are highly volatile. By breaking down those specific categories into a rolling Daily Burn Rate, you get instant feedback. If my target burn rate for restaurants is $15/day, and I drop $60 on a Tuesday dinner, I don’t have to wait until day 30 to realize my budget is busted. The burn rate spikes, and I immediately know I need to throttle back for the next three days to normalize the curve.

The challenge is that standard spreadsheet templates aren’t really built for dynamic, rolling daily averages that isolate specific categories on the fly. You end up having to build incredibly complex `SUMIFS` and date-math formulas that get heavy and prone to breaking.

Getting this one metric dialed in completely changed how I manage my cash flow. How is everyone else tracking their mid-month pacing? Are you just eyeballing your budget bars, or do you have a way to calculate daily operational burn?

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/8 "2026-05-17T14:02:39Z")

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Just wanted to show the updated table in Page 2 of the drillable dashboard.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/9 "2026-05-18T01:56:59Z")

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Taking “Live Pacing” Mobile

I’ve been watching some of the discussions in the community lately about the struggles of building “Budget-to-Actual” pacing formulas that track against =TODAY() without breaking nested arrays.

I wanted to share a quick screenshot of how I handle this using the relational database architecture I mentioned in my original post. Because the backend SQL engine handles all the Time Intelligence natively, the frontend can be accessed anywhere without UI friction.

This is a screenshot from my phone today (May 17th) looking at my live production data.

The engine plots my cumulative actual spend (the blue step-line) against an auto-calculated daily target pace (the grey area) based on my 30-day rolling YTD expenses.

There are no CHOOSECOLS or manual month updates involved. The exact business value here is that I can pull my phone out while sitting at a restaurant, tap today’s date, and instantly see if my blue line is safely inside the grey target area before I pay the bill.

As a reminder, the public sandbox linked above uses historical static data, so it doesn’t include this specific “live calendar” visual, but this is the exact native mobile experience when the model is connected to a live Tiller feed.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/10 "2026-05-19T19:20:13Z")

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Just pushed a UI/UX update to the live sample file to tackle information density.

When you are monitoring your “Daily Burn Rate,” the immediate next question is almost always: “How does this specific pacing affect my overall year-to-date trajectory?” Instead of forcing users to click through to a secondary page or cluttering the main screen with more visuals, I wired up a dynamic report-page tooltip.

If you tap (on mobile) or hover (on desktop) over the Daily Burn Rate, the engine instantly renders your YTD Expenses Burndown chart.

Because the data is sitting in a columnar in-memory model, the tooltip inherits your exact filter context on the fly. It crunches over 4,000 rows of historical ledger data and renders the visual in about half a second.

I’ve attached two screenshots from my phone to show how it handles the dynamic slicing natively on mobile. Both are looking at 2022:

1 **First image:** The overall YTD running spend across all selected categories.

2 **Second image:** Sliced specifically to “Groceries” to instantly isolate that specific burndown trajectory.

The data labels render quarterly totals in both images.

The live sample file on the storefront is updated if anyone wants to test the render speed or the dynamic filtering on their own device.

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/11 "2026-06-08T18:45:49Z")

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There is a sample dashboard too on mobile that I have been mentioning. Full instructions for mobile site below: Thanks, David

Link for **Mobile Phone** :

**Step 1** : Download [Microsoft Power BI](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-power-bi/id929738808) on your phone from the Apple App Store. Or download in Google Play for Android.

**Step 2** : Open the app and set the Report Server tab to [https://reports.freshman-finance.com/Reports](https://reports.freshman-finance.com/Reports)

**Step 3** : Login with your username and password.

**The Sample Report account is:**

**Username: GuestAccount**

Password: ReportsABC!$!

_ **Note** _: You can put in another connection to the server using your exclusive username and password once you sign up. All you have to do is tap on the circle (on the upper left) with the three bars and choose \> connect to another server…follow the instructions above and give it a Friendly Name in Display Name (e.g. Freshman Finance - My Access).

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**Author:** ![freshman.david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/freshman.david/32/24514_2.png) [@freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/u/freshman.david)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/12 "2026-06-20T10:36:29Z")

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I’ve made some decisions regarding my website. I’ve decided to shut it down as of July 1st. The report site [reports.freshman-finance.com](http://reports.freshman-finance.com) which is hosted on local metal and has an Azure SQL database backend will remain active. I’ve had some interest from users regarding the dashboard but as of yet no one has made the leap to actually utilize it besides me. Which is ok. I can gain lots of budgeting insight from my own work. I am willing to host others if they choose to move data through the pipeline as well. Without subscription costs however I am forced to limit the amount of users I can actually host. If you are interested you can dm me here. Thanks David!

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**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/13 "2026-06-29T14:06:38Z")

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> [@freshman.david](#):
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> ReportsABC!$!

Love you taking this to the PBI level. Checked it out and it’s nice work. FYI, I wouldn’t allow someone else to host my financial data. I am better that’s why many haven’t taken you up on your offer. Very nice of you though to offer. Please continue to share. If you ever want to share the PBI desktop file rather than hosting in your workspace it might be helpful to some.

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**Author:** ![freshman.david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/freshman.david/32/24514_2.png) [@freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/u/freshman.david)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/14 "2026-06-29T19:53:22Z")

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You are entirely right about the data privacy aspect, and that’s a very fair point. I had originally hoped Tiller might back the project down the road, which would have allayed those sovereignty fears for community members.

The reality under the hood is that in order to actually utilize the ⁠.pbix⁠ file and bear the fruits of that labor, a user would need a local SQL database running the exact schematics I’ve introduced. It isn’t just about matching the schema configuration; you would need the exact indexing, constraints, and a willingness to consistently categorize your own expenses, behaviors, and necessities. You’d also have to manually manage and update your cash and credit limits to feed the ‘survival runway’ logic.

I had planned to handle that infrastructure upkeep and onboarding myself back when I was pursuing a paid subscription model, but I’ve put those plans aside for now.

One of the fundamental architectural problems with trying to point a heavy Power BI model at flat files (like standard spreadsheets) is that they completely lack indexing. Once you scale up the row count, a flat-file model will inevitably suffer from severe latency—producing the exact kind of performance bottlenecks and processing lag that Tiller themselves ran into with their AI features.

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/15 "2026-07-03T00:35:25Z")

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I’m getting a “website expired” message when I go to the link. Am I missing something?

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/16 "2026-07-03T00:59:49Z")

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Hi! @michaelalliman2025 The website (the public page - [freshman-finance.com](http://freshman-finance.com)) is up and running, the sample report site remains open as well. You can see the link on your desktop or mobile. And if you wish to proceed I can host your data. Mobile site instructions [[Show & Tell] New Microsoft Power BI Website based off of Tiller Foundation Template - Report Site Works with Mac or PC or Mobile Phone - #11 by freshman.david](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/11)

Desktop site instructions:

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Note: I won’t be available until July 6 to onboard people. Will be checking in remotely to answer questions over the holiday week.

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/17 "2026-07-03T09:09:46Z")

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Before I go on hiatus (til July 6). I want to briefly go over what it takes in order to get your data into the database. Read all steps thoroughly before proceeding please.

1. I need to have you email me at [david@freshman-finance.com](mailto:david@freshman-finance.com) Subject: New Tiller Account - include your email you want to be your account email, your Monthly Budget Amount (5000 is default), your available cash (that you wish to work with), total credit limit of all charge cards, current total credit limit used

2. I’ll send out your exclusive username/password - you’ll use this to access your mobile/desktop report.

3. Load your data from Tiller then in excel format (from excel or Google Sheets) you email your saved attached (and subsequent updated ones as often as daily if you wish) Tiller Foundation Template to [data@freshman-finance.com](mailto:data@freshman-finance.com) Subject: Data (from your email you sent me in step 1)

4. From each data load you’ll receive back information regarding the load. Also any categories not categorized will be filled in from the category hints column in the database as long as it exists on your sheet. Categories, groups, and types that are blank will be filled in with Uncategorized, Ungrouped, and no\_type. Any questions? Post here or email me at [david@freshman-finance.com](mailto:david@freshman-finance.com)

If you decide it’s not for you I can always delete the data/account. Just let me know at email : [david@freshman-finance.com](mailto:david@freshman-finance.com)

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**Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/18 "2026-07-12T02:56:21Z")

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I want to openly acknowledge that the information requested in my 4-step pipeline setup is highly personal. However, a structured relational approach is the only way to cleanly populate the SQL tables for this level of reporting.

To be completely clear about security: your data is entirely siloed. While my own live financial database runs side-by-side with the sample report for my personal tracking, your data remains completely inaccessible to anyone else. The local SQL Server architecture relies on Windows Kerberos authentication—without my specific local username and password combination, the data is locked down.

If anyone is willing to step through this pipeline setup, I am completely committed to providing white-glove service to help you get it running. We can collaborate on any custom features or specific metrics you’d like to see built into the dashboard. I’m not going anywhere and plan on being an active part of the Tiller community for the foreseeable future.

Give it a shot—you’ll get institutional, CFO-level financial analysis and database precision completely for free. -David

PS After getting feedback we’ve decided to once again have a public facing website: [https://freshman-finance.com](https://freshman-finance.com)

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/show-tell-new-microsoft-power-bi-website-based-off-of-tiller-foundation-template-report-site-works-with-mac-or-pc-or-mobile-phone/34478/19 "2026-08-25T00:51:41Z")

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Nice work building this in PowerBI!

I like KPIs you used. I completely agree that burn rate is the key reference, rather than a monthly budget focus.

I use the same metrics in a simplified Google Sheets dashboard.

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Thanks so much, @Lulu! I really appreciate the kind words and your consistent support in these threads.

I couldn’t agree more on burn rate—shifting focus away from rigid calendar-month targets toward actual run-rate cash flow completely changes how you evaluate long-term financial health.

Best of luck with the Investment builder contest! I’m really looking forward to seeing how your Google Sheets dashboard comes together. -David

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