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title: "Impact Ratings"
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updated: 2026-11-10T03:59:40Z
published: 2026-11-10T03:59:40Z
canonical: "docs.validatar.com/impact-ratings"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Impact Ratings

An impact rating says how much a table matters to the business, and sets the trust score the table should reach. A table that meets its target shows **Above Target**; one that misses shows **Below Target**.

Manage the ratings on **Settings > Trust Scores > Impact Ratings**. Set a table's rating from **Trust Score Performance** on the table's **Info** tab.

## Default ratings

| Impact rating | Target Trust Score | Target Quality Score | Target Coverage Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 - Very Low | 1 | 50 | 40 |
| 2 - Low | 2 | 80 | 50 |
| 3 - Moderate | 3 | 90 | 70 |
| 4 - High | 4 | 95 | 90 |
| 5 - Critical | 4.95 | 99 | 100 |
| 0 - Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 |

The target trust score is on the 0 to 5 star scale. The quality and coverage targets are percentages. You can change the targets, rename the ratings, add ratings and choose which one is the **Global Default** for newly cataloged tables. Out of the box that is **0 - Unknown**.

## How the target badge is set

Each time trust scores are calculated, every table gets one of three badges:

| Badge | When |
| --- | --- |
| **Above Target** | The table had test runs in the look back period and its trust score is at or above its rating's target trust score |
| **Below Target** | The table had test runs in the look back period and its trust score is below the target |
| **Unknown** | The table had no test runs in the look back period, or its rating's target trust score is 0 or empty |

Only the target trust score decides the badge. The target quality and coverage scores are shown beside the actual scores and returned by the REST API, but a table can miss its quality target and still be **Above Target**.

Because every table starts as **0 - Unknown**, tables have no badge until someone assigns an impact rating.

## Where badges are used

- The badge appears with the trust score stars and in Catalog lists.
- Schema and data source pages count tables **Above Target**, **Below Target** and **Unknown**, per impact rating.
- When a table's badge changes, Validatar raises a **TrustedTableBadgeUpdated** event, which notifications and integrations can act on.

## Related

- [How Trust Scores Are Calculated](/docs/how-trust-scores-are-calculated)
- [Trust Score Settings](/docs/trust-score-settings)