Metrics are useful, but only with context. Any metrics reported at skip level by definition lack context: there's no ground-level engagement or time to dig into details. Ergo, the reported numbers are understood as the only numbers.
With the exact solution you offered! Use them, but only at the level in which additional context is available, then report up new numbers that allow for enriching / adjusting the base numbers.
Metrics are useful, but only with context. Any metrics reported at skip level by definition lack context: there's no ground-level engagement or time to dig into details. Ergo, the reported numbers are understood as the only numbers.
With the exact solution you offered! Use them, but only at the level in which additional context is available, then report up new numbers that allow for enriching / adjusting the base numbers.