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About Source Details

View and manage a specific source's configuration.

The Sources page displays all the sources you have permission to view on the platform. Selecting a specific source in the table opens its details page, where you can view and manage the individual source’s configuration. The source details are organized into tabs, which allow you to manage the configurations for the source’s validators, segmentations, incidents, and so on.

View Source Overview

To view the overview for a specific source,

  1. Navigate to the Sources page.
  2. Filter or search to find the specific source in the table.
  3. Click the source's name to open its details page.
  4. Click the Overview tab.

The source overview contains the following information,

NameDescription
DescriptionYou can add a description to the source in Validio. Also automatically imports descriptions from external sources, such as Snowflake or dbt.
Data QualityThe data quality is calculated for each segment and validator on the source as the number of incidents weighted by their severity and divided by the number of windows. For more information, see Data Quality Score.
Schema CoverageThe coverage score is a measure of how well you are monitoring critical fields in the source with validators. For more information, see Coverage Score.
ReadsThe number of times the source is accessed in the last 30 days.
WritesThe number of times the source is modified in the last 30 days.
UtilizationThe ratio of reads to writes.

Manage the Source

On the source details page, you can do the following:

  1. Click Start to begin validating the source.
    1. If the source is started, you can Stop the source.
  2. Click the i icon to open the details panel for the source. The details panel displays the status and configuration. You can view the source in Lineage and add or update tags and filters on the source.
  3. Mute notifications from the source for a selected duration. For more information, see Muting Incident Notifications.
  4. Click the menu to open Source options:
    1. Rename–Rename the source.
    2. Reset–Resetting the source is equivalent to deleting it, then creating a new source with the same configuration, and backfilling all its validators.
    3. Update config–Update the Source’s configuration.
    4. Update schema–Update the fields and data types for the source.
    5. Update owner–Change the owner of the source.

Manage the Source Configuration

The source configuration details are separated into tabs, where you can view and update the following:

TabDescription
ValidatorsView validator details and configuration options.
SchemaView and manage source schema, with fields and data types.
WindowsView window details and configure new window.
FiltersView and manage filters on the source.
SegmentationsView segment details and configure new segmentations.
IncidentsView and manage incidents on the source.
ErrorsView your errors on the source.
ActivityView recent activities in your Source.