WFC stops early when design roles, source evidence, checksums, categories, or sample support are inconsistent. A stop is evidence to repair or review the inputs, not permission to choose a more convenient target.
Common safe responses are:
wf_prepare_design();wf_dims();wf_plan_cells(); ordesign <- wf_prepare_design(
design_only,
id = "person_id",
calibration = c("age_group", "region"),
base_weight = "base_weight"
)
target <- wf_import_target(
"population-margins.csv",
"population-margins.csv.source.dcf",
dims,
key_map = c(age_group = "age_group", region = "region"),
count = "population_count"
)
precheck <- wf_precheck(design$data, target, id = design$roles$id)
cell_plan <- wf_plan_cells(design, target, dims)WFC never widens bounds, changes method, changes target, or approves a plan in response to infeasibility. Those are separate human decisions and may require a new workflow.