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Data Validation

The document discusses data validation, defining it as the process of ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and consistency before processing. It highlights the importance of data validation in preventing costly errors, ensuring data security, and maintaining regulatory compliance. Various validation techniques and tools are presented, emphasizing the need for automation and the integration of business rules in the validation process.

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Data Validation

The document discusses data validation, defining it as the process of ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and consistency before processing. It highlights the importance of data validation in preventing costly errors, ensuring data security, and maintaining regulatory compliance. Various validation techniques and tools are presented, emphasizing the need for automation and the integration of business rules in the validation process.

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IT SKILLS

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1
TOPIC - DATA VALIDATION
(GROUP 8)
MEMBERS NAME-
NANSI SINGH(36)
N A R M A DA ( 3 7 )
NASREEN(38)
N AV N E E T ( 3 9 )
N AV YA ( 4 0 )
WHAT IS DATA VALIDATION?
DEFINITION-Data Validation is the process of ensuring data is accurate, complete, consistent, and
meaningful before it is processed or stored.
It acts as a quality gate — checking incoming data against predefined rules and constraints to
prevent errors from propagating downstream.
Key points:
Filters out bad or corrupt data
Protects systems from invalid inputs
Ensures regulatory and business compliance
"Garbage in, garbage out" — Data validation is the fix.
WHY DATA VALIDATION
MATTERS?
•Prevents Costly Errors — Bad data costs businesses an average of
$12.9M per year (Gartner). Validation stops errors before they spread.
•Ensures Data Security — Malformed inputs can lead to SQL injection and
other attacks. Validation is the first line of defense.
•Improves Decision-Making — Executives rely on accurate data.
Validated data means reliable insights and better business outcomes.
•Regulatory Compliance — GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX all require data
accuracy. Validation helps meet these standards.
VALIDATION TECHNIQUES
•Schema Validation — enforce structure with JSON Schema or
XSD
•Regex Pattern Matching — validate format of emails, phones,
IDs
•Referential Integrity — ensure foreign key relationships are valid
in databases
•Checksums & Hashing — detect data tampering or corruption
•Cross-field Validation — verify logical consistency between
related fields
•Automated Unit Tests — run validation logic as part of CI/CD
pipelines
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Apache Spark (Big Data) — Large-scale distributed validation for data lakes
and pipelines.
Great Expectations (Python) — Open-source library for automated dataset
assertions.
Dbt Tests (SQL / ELT) — Built-in testing framework for dbt transformation
pipelines.
AWS Glue DataBrew (Cloud) — Visual data preparation with built-in quality
rules.
Talend Data Quality (Enterprise) — Profiling, cleansing, and monitoring at
enterprise scale.
Pandera (Python / Pandas) — Statistical validation and schema checks for
DataFrames.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
•Data validation is essential for building reliable, trustworthy data
systems.
•Apply validation at all layers — from input forms to ETL pipelines
and databases.
•Automate validation using modern tools like Great Expectations,
dbt Tests, or Pandera.
•Validated data drives better analytics, models, and business
decisions.
•Validation is not just a technical task — it requires business rules
and domain knowledge.
THANK YOU

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