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Show me the differences and percent changes.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Quarterly DIO trend for retail company","prompt":"I have four quarters of data for our retail business and want to see how Days Inventory Outstanding shifted quarter to quarter. Q1: avg inventory $2M, COGS $12M, 90 days. Q2: avg inventory $2.3M, COGS $13M, 91 days. Q3: avg inventory $1.8M, COGS $11.5M, 92 days. Q4: avg inventory $2.1M, COGS $14M, 90 days. Can you report the adjacent-period DIO differences and percent changes?"},{"title":"Annual inventory efficiency comparison","prompt":"Compare Days Inventory Outstanding for two fiscal years: Year 1 had average inventory of $8M, cost of sales of $60M, and 365 days. Year 2 had average inventory of $9.5M, cost of sales of $65M, and 365 days. Give me the period-to-period difference and percent change with the formula used."},{"title":"Supply chain disruption impact analysis","prompt":"Our supply chain was disrupted mid-year. Can you analyze the change in Days Inventory Outstanding before and after? Pre-disruption: avg inventory $500K, COGS $3M, 180 days. Post-disruption: avg inventory $750K, COGS $2.8M, 180 days. Show me the adjacent period difference and percent change."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object containing the DIO value for each supplied observation, the adjacent-period absolute differences and eligible percent changes between consecutive rows, along with the formula used, units, and limitations of the calculation. No interpolation is performed — only supplied figures are used.","failureModes":["Missing required fields (average_inventory, cost_of_sales, or period_days) returns a validation error","Fewer than 2 rows supplied returns an error since adjacent comparison requires at least two observations","cost_of_sales of zero is rejected due to exclusiveMinimum constraint","Values exceeding maximum limits (1 trillion) return a bounds error","More than 200 rows supplied exceeds maxItems and returns an error","Payment of 0.01 USDC not received results in 402 Payment Required"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need to track how Days Inventory Outstanding changes between consecutive reporting periods without any interpolation — ideal for period-over-period financial reporting, inventory efficiency audits, or identifying trends across quarterly or annual data. Prefer this over a simple batch DIO calculator when the adjacent differences and percent changes are specifically needed, not just the raw DIO values.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-23T02:01:11.312Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"days-inventory-outstanding-adjacent-period-changes-a4cc5193"}