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Validity Tests

TestGen validity tests measure how data conforms to predefined business rules, verifying that the data is true to its requirements.

Description and details

Alpha Truncation

Tests that maximum count of characters in column values has not dropped compared to baseline data.

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Constant Match

Tests that all values in column match the constant value identified in baseline data.

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Custom Condition

Tests that each record in the table matches a predefined custom condition.

This test is not auto-generated. You can create it manually from the Test Definitions page.

Decimal Truncation

Tests for decimal truncation by confirming that sum of fractional values in data is no less than sum at baseline.

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Email Format

Tests that non-blank, non-empty email addresses match standard format.

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Metric Trend

Tests that aggregate metric of all or subset of records in a table is within tolerance range.

This test is not auto-generated. You can create it manually from the Test Definitions page.

Minimum Date

Tests that earliest date referenced in column is no earlier than baseline data.

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Minimum Value

Tests that minimum value present in column is no lower than minimum value in baseline data.

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Pattern Match

Tests that all values in column match the same alphanumeric pattern identified in baseline data.

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Reference Match

Tests for the presence of one or a set of column values in reference dataset.

This test is not auto-generated. You can create it manually from the Test Definitions page.

Street Address

Tests for percent of records matching standard street address pattern.

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US State

Tests that values in column are valid US states.

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Valid US Zip

Tests that postal codes match the 5-digit or 9-digit standard US formats.

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Valid US Zip-3

Tests that postal codes match the 3-digit format of a regional prefix.

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Value Count

Tests that count of unique values in column has not changed from baseline.

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Value Match

Tests that column values match the list of values identified in baseline data.

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Value Match All

Tests that column values match pipe-delimited list of expected values and that all expected values are present.

This test is not auto-generated. You can create it manually from the Test Definitions page.