About Source Details

View and manage a specific source's configuration.

The source details page lets you view and manage an individual source's configuration, including its validators, segmentations, incidents, and schema. For an overview of what sources are, see About Sources. To view all sources, see About Sources Page.

Source details Overview tab

To open a source's details page, navigate to the Sources page and click on a source name. The source details are organized into tabs for managing validators, segmentations, incidents, and more.

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.
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.
Activity LogAll recent operations on the source, including create, update, and delete of resources. Will also display information about when the source was started, stopped, or backfilled with context about the user who did it or if the action was done through an API.

Manage the Source

The management options for individual sources are at the top of the source's details page. The options include start, stop, change ownership and priority, open information panel, mute source, and actions. For the full list of management actions see Managing Sources.

Manage the Source Configuration

All the resources configured on this source are separated into tabs:

Tab NameDescription
ValidatorsReview and manage validators on this source, including their metric results, incidents, and configuration errors.
Schema & ProfilingInspect the source schema, run data profiling, and preview sample rows. Schema change errors are surfaced here.
FiltersCreate and manage filters that specify which records to include when configuring validators and segmentations.
WindowsConfigure the batch size and aggregation period (global or tumbling) used for calculating and validating metrics.
SegmentationsDefine segmentation fields to validate metrics per segment of your data, similar to a GROUP BY in SQL.
IncidentsReview incident groups on this source, assign ownership, and manage incident status.
ErrorsView source errors such as polling failures, schema changes, missing fields, and segmentation limit violations.
ActivityView recent operations on the source, including polling, start/stop events, validator changes, and incident resolutions.