Manage Validations

You can manually run a Validation through the GX Cloud UI. This is useful for exploring your data and fine-tuning your Expectations. To run recurring Validations, use a schedule or an orchestrator.

Manual validations are for GX-managed Expectations only

To run a validation for an API-managed Expectation, create and run a Validation Definition.

Prerequisites

• You have created an Expectation.

Run a Validation

1. In GX Cloud, click Data Assets.

2. Click a Data Asset in the Data Assets list.

3. Click the Expectations tab.

4. Click Validate.

5. When the confirmation message appears, click See results, or click the Validations tab and select the Validation in the Batches & run history pane.

6. Optional. Click Share to copy the URL for the Validation Results and share them with other users in your organization.

Run a Validation on a subset of a Data Asset

If you've defined a Batch, you can run a Validation on the latest Batch of data, or you can select a specific year, year and month, or year, month, and day period for the Validation. If a Batch is defined, Batch information appears on the Data Asset Overview page and on the Validations page in the Batches & run history pane.

To run a Validation for a specific Batch, do the following:

1. In GX Cloud, click Data Assets.

2. Click a Data Asset in the Data Assets list.

3. Click the Expectations tab.

4. Click Validate.

5. Select one of the following options:

   • Latest - Run the Validation on the latest Batch of data.

   • Custom - Select the year, month, or day to run the Validation on a Batch of data for a specific period.

6. Click Validate.

7. When the confirmation message appears, click See results, or click the Validations tab and select the Validation in the Batches & run history pane.

8. Optional. Click Share to copy the URL for the Validation Results and share them with other users in your organization.

View Validation run history

1. In GX Cloud, click Data Assets.

2. Click a Data Asset in the Data Assets list.

3. Click the Validations tab.

4. On the Validations page, select one of the following options:

   • To view only run validation failures, click Failures Only.

   • To view the run history for specific Validation, select a Validation in the Batches & run history pane.

   • To view the run history of all Validations, select All Runs to view a graph showing the Validation run history for all columns.

   tip

   Items in run history with a calendar icon are run on a GX-managed schedule.

5. Optional. Hover over a circle in the Validation timeline to view details about a specific Validation run, including the observed values.