Exercise 2: Review your Table and tell me what Tests are Failing
  • 08 Jul 2024
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Exercise 2: Review your Table and tell me what Tests are Failing

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Learning Goals
  • How do I navigate the Explorer?
  • What's shown in the Data Catalog?
  • How do I see the tests associated with a Table?
  • How do I see the history of a test?

Step 1 - Find your Table in the Explorer

  • Open Explorer on the top banner
  • Open the Sample Data Source - Snowflake Data Warehouse data source
  • Open the RAW Schema
  • Open your table
  • Switch to the Columns tab

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Step 2 - Find Failing Tests

  • Identify a column with a purple bar in the Result Trend
  • Open that column
  • Switch to the Column Profile tab
  • Switch to the Tests tab
  • Identify which test is failing or erroring

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Step 3 - Review Test Execution History

  • Open the failing test
  • Switch to the History tab
  • Open the latest Test Execution by clicking on the Run Date
  • Identify why the test is failing and describe the situation

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Tips About Validatar

  • You can find the list of Data Sources in the Explorer area.
  • Use the arrows next to the Data Source to expand or collapse sections.
  • You can drill down into the Data Source using either the data source tree on the left or the metadata tabs and list in the main window.
  • The metadata object you’re viewing is easily identified in the heading of the screen.

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