Reviewing Validators

Review validators on the global Validators page, Source Validators tab, and individual Validator details page.

You can review validators on the global Validators page, the Validators tab on the Source details page, or the individual Validator details page. For information about updating, muting, duplicating, or deleting validators, see Managing Validators.

Global Validators Page

Global Validators page

To find the global validators page, click Validators in the platform navigation sidebar. The Validators page lists all of the validators that have been configured on sources that you have access to view (based on your namespace settings). This page includes the Data Quality over time graph and a list of all the validators with information about the source they are attached to, the data quality score, configured windows, assigned owners, and so on.

From this page, you can:

  • If you want to see all the validators associated with a single source, click on the source name in the table to open its Validators tab. See Source Validators Tab.
  • Click on a validator name to open its individual details page, where you can view more granular details. See Validator Details Page.
  • Update an individual validator's configuration or mute notifications. For more information, see Managing Validators.

Source Validators Tab

List of Validators for the silver__sales source with pending backfill

The Validators tab on a Source’s details page includes the Data quality over time graph and a list of all that validators that exist on that source. The validators table include the following information:

Column NameDescription
ValidatorThe display name of the validator and an icon that indicates the type of validator. For more information, see Validator Types . This column will also display "Pending backfill" if the validator is waiting for backfill.
FilterFilters that are configured on this validator. For more information, see About Filters .
WindowThe window configured on the validator. For more information, see About Windows .
SegmentationWhich segmentation, if any, is applied to the validator. For more information, see Segmentation.
QualityThe quality score, which is calculated as a number of windows without incidents to the total number of windows.
Last incidentHow long ago the last incident was discovered by the validator. For more information, see About Validator Incidents.
Latest windowHow long ago data was last seen from the source.
Latest pollHow long ago data was last polled from the source. Displays an error if the last poll failed.
PriorityThe importance (Critical, High, Medium, Low, None) of the validator. Incidents detected on this validator will inherit the priority. If there is no priority, incidents will inherit the source priority.
OwnerThe user responsible for the source.
TagsTags assigned to the source.

From this page you can:

  • Use the histogram to view a summary of incidents from all validators configured on the source.
  • Filter and sort the list of validators by searching for name, type, or status.
  • Click + New validator to start the validator configuration wizard. For more information, see Configuring a Validator.
  • For more granular details, click on a specific validator name to open its details page.
  • Duplicate, update, reset, or delete validators from the menu. For more information, see Managing Validators.

Validator Details Page

Validator details Metrics tab with incidents

A validator's details page displays information about the configuration of the validator and the incidents detected by the validator. There are two tabs under the validator details pages: Overview and Metric. By default, the validator details page opens on the Metric tab.

From the controls at the top of the page, you can open the side panel to view a summary of details about the validator configuration. You can also manage the validator's threshold, owner, muting, and other settings from this page. For more information, see Managing Validators.

Overview Tab

The Overview tab displays the a description of the validator, Tags, and an Activity panel for all recent activities related to the validator and its metric calculations.

Metrics Tab

The Metrics tab displays information about the data quality and incidents that were detected by this validator. This page includes the Data Quality over time graph, the incident metrics graph, a list of detected incidents, and segment filters if you have segmentation configured on the validator.

Incident Metrics Graph

The metrics graph provides details about the values and bounds of the detected incidents, their severity, and when each was detected. In the metric graph:

  • The granularity of the x-axis is determined by the window size.
  • The graph updates in real-time, if new data comes in and a new window is completed. You do not need to refresh your browser window.
  • Hover on a datapoint to display its detected time range, value, bounds, and severity.
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Important

For all validators except Row Count (Volume) and Freshness validators, datapoints will not be created in the metric graphs when no data is observed.

Incidents List

The incidents list provides details about the values and bounds of the detected incidents, their severity, and when each was detected. For information about managing incidents from this list, see Managing Validators.