Check Views¶
Reviewing checks in their views
Qualytics shows checks on three screens, and each one is made for a different moment of the work. Lists help you find checks and act on many at once. The check page gives one check your full attention, from its configuration to how it has performed over time. The side panel shows a check without leaving the screen you are on, such as an anomaly or a Scan's results. This page explains how to reach each screen, what it shows, and what you can do there.
| Screen | Best for |
|---|---|
| Check lists | Finding checks, reviewing them by status, and acting on many at once. |
| Check page | Investigating one check in depth: its configuration, its results over time, its Timeline, and its anomalies. |
| Check side panel | Looking at a check while you work on something else, such as an anomaly or a Scan. |
Check Lists¶
Getting to the Lists¶
- The Checks tab of a datastore, a table or file, or a field lists the checks defined there.
- Explore › Checks lists the checks of every datastore you can access. See Explore Checks.
- The Checks tab of a check template lists the checks created from it.
What the Lists Show¶
The tabs across the top of the list follow the check status:
| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| All | Active and Draft checks together. Archived checks are left out. |
| Active | Checks that every Scan of their table or file evaluates. |
| Draft | Checks that are saved but not evaluated yet, waiting for review and activation. |
| Archived | Checks retired from Scans and kept for reference or restoration. |
Active and Draft each split into the same subtabs:
| Subtab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Important | Checks whose Importance is Medium or higher. |
| Owned | Checks you own, so you can review the ones you answer for without filtering by hand. See Check Ownership. |
| Favorite | Checks you marked as favorites. Favorites are personal: marking a check does not change anyone else's list. See Mark a Check as Favorite. |
| All | Every check in the tab, whether or not it falls in another subtab. |
Archived splits by the reason the check was archived:
| Subtab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Discarded | Checks that no longer fit the business rules or data requirements. |
| Invalid | Checks that were wrong. A later Profile run does not create an AI Managed check again after one archived as Invalid. |
| All | Every archived check. |
Every check shows its status as a label, so it can be read without relying on color. In List View, a Status column right after the check column shows a colored dot and the status name. In Card View, the same Status row sits under the check's description. An AI Managed check also shows the AI badge .
Each check carries an info icon. Hovering it shows when the check was used and changed:
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Last Asserted At | The last time a Scan evaluated the check. |
| Scans | How many Scan operations have evaluated the check. |
| Updated At | The last time the check's configuration changed. |
| Last Editor | The user who made the last change. |
| Created At | When the check was created. |
| Created By | The user who created the check. |
What You Can Do in the Lists¶
- Narrow the list with the status tabs and their subtabs, the search field, the filters, and the sort. See Filter and Sort Checks.
- Act on one check from the menu on its row (every list except Explore): edit it, change its status, or archive it. On an archived check, the menu restores it as Active or Draft, or deletes it. See Edit Checks and Archive Checks.
- Act on many by selecting their checkboxes (every list except Explore): the selection bar offers Edit (filter, owner, anomaly assignee, tags, and metadata), Activate, Draft, Archive, and Delete on archived checks.
- See a check's open anomalies by clicking the active anomaly count on its card. The anomalies panel opens with that check's Active anomalies. See Anomaly Views.
- Open a check by clicking it. From a datastore, table or file, or field list, it opens the check page. From Explore or a check template, it opens the check form in a dialog over the list.
Check Page¶
Getting to the Check Page¶
- Click a check in the Checks tab of a datastore, a table or file, or a field.
- Click View Check in the side panel.
- Open a link to the check, such as one copied with Copy Check Link.
What the Check Page Shows¶
The page is split into two tabs. Overview holds the sections below. Anomalies lists the anomalies this check has produced, where you can triage them without leaving the check. See Check Anomalies.
| Section | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Summary | The check's key attributes, as cards, listed below. |
| Description | The plain-language explanation of what the check validates. It supports Markdown formatting. |
| Observability | How the check performed over time, in the Assertion Over Time chart. |
| Definition | How the check is configured, in the same groups as the check form. |
| Timeline | Every change made to the check, its past versions, and the team's comments. See Check Timeline. |
The Summary shows these cards:
| Card | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Check | The rule type, with the check's status (Active, Draft, Invalid, or Discarded) below it. |
| Owner | The user responsible for the check. Hover the card to see the owner's full name and when they were last active. An AI Managed check shows an AI Managed label, and an AI Context note with how many records Profile trained and validated the rule on. See Check Ownership. |
| Last Asserted | How long ago a Scan last evaluated the check. Hover the value for the exact date and time, and open the info icon for the number of Scans that have evaluated it. |
| Importance | How much the check's failures matter: Low, Medium, High, or Critical. Hover it to see what decided the level. See Check Importance. |
| Coverage | The percentage of evaluated records that must satisfy the rule. |
| Active Anomalies | How many anomalies of this check are still open. The label reads Active Anomaly when the count is zero or one. |
Below the cards, the Tags panel lists the check's tags. When the check was created from a check template, a Template badge in the panel's corner shows the template's number and whether it is locked or unlocked, and links to the template.
The Observability chart has two controls: Report Date, the last day the chart covers, and Timeframe, Week, Month, Quarter, or Year. Hovering a point opens its details:
- Latest Assertion: the result of the last Scan that evaluated the check in that period, with its asserted records and anomalous records.
- Totals for that period: the number of Scans, asserted records, and anomalous records.
- View check version opens the check's configuration as it was when that Scan ran, in the side panel.
- Latest Assertion Scan opens the Scan operation behind the result.
When a Scan could not evaluate the check, the point shows that it failed to assert, instead of a result. For the measurements behind Volumetric, Freshness, and Metric checks, see Observability.
The Definition shows these groups:
| Group | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Target | The table or file, the fields with their types, and the filter clause. With no filter clause, the check evaluates every record. |
| Properties | The settings specific to the rule type. |
| Ownership | The anomaly assignee. |
| Metadata | The additional key-value metadata, such as a source system, an SLA tier, or an owning team. With none, it reads No custom metadata property defined. |
The owner and the coverage appear on the Summary cards rather than in the Definition. An icon on the Summary jumps straight to the Definition.
What You Can Do on the Check Page¶
The menu at the top right changes with the check's status and your team permission:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Edit | Opens the check form. Not offered on an archived check. See Edit Checks. |
| Dry Run | Tests the check against a sample of its data. See Dry Run a Check. |
| Open in Recipe | On an Entity Resolution check, opens it in its Recipe. |
| Template | Creates a check template from the check. Not offered on a check that already comes from a template. See Create a Template from a Check. |
| Draft | Moves the check to Draft. See Draft Checks. |
| Activate | Makes a Draft or archived check Active. See Activate Draft Checks. |
| Promote | Copies the check to another table or datastore. See Promote Quality Checks. |
| Archive | Retires the check from Scans. See Archive Checks. |
| Delete | Removes an archived check for good. See Delete Checks. |
On the page you can also:
- Copy Check Link , to share the check with a teammate.
- Add the check to your favorites with the bookmark , or remove it.
- Edit the tags in the Tags panel, and the description with Edit description . With an AI integration configured, Suggest a description writes one from the check's definition. Both need permission to edit the check.
- Comment on the Timeline. See Check Timeline.
- Edit the computed table, or the computed field, that the check uses, in the same Edit Computed dialog as on the table's page. Press E while the computed asset has focus to open it.
Fields will be marked as missing
When an edit to a computed table or field would remove or rename a field that a check uses, a warning lists each affected field with its number of checks and anomalies. Proceed Anyway marks those fields as missing, keeps their checks and anomalies, and leaves the checks' status as it was. To keep a check working, go back with Review Query or Review Expression and keep the fields it depends on.
Check Side Panel¶
Getting to the Side Panel¶
- Click a check in the Failed Checks section of an anomaly. See Anomaly Views.
- Click a check in the results of a Scan.
- Click a check on a tag's page.
- Click View check version on a point of the check's Observability chart, to see the check as it was when that Scan ran.
The panel opens on the right, and the screen behind it stays where you left it.
What the Side Panel Shows¶
The side panel is a compact, read-only version of the check page:
- The header: the rule type, the AI badge on an AI Managed check, View Check , and Copy Check Link . On a past version, the button reads View current version, and the header shows the date of that version.
- The key attributes: the datastore and table or file, the status, the Importance, when the check was last asserted, and how many anomalies are still open.
- Description and Tags.
- The definition, in the same groups as the check form, read only.
What You Can Do in the Side Panel¶
- Open the check page with View Check to edit the check or change its status.
- Move through the checks with Previous and Next , when the panel was opened from a list of checks, such as the ones on a tag's page.
- Close the panel with to return to the screen behind it.
Archived Checks¶
An archived check opens on the same screens, but it cannot be edited: its menu offers only Activate, Draft, and Delete. Restore it to make changes. See Restore Archived Checks.
See Also¶
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Check Anomalies
The anomalies a check has produced, and how to triage them from the check's page.
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Check Timeline
The change log of a check, its past versions, and the comments your team leaves on it.
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Check Examples
Scenarios that show ownership and AI Managed checks in practice.
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Check Permissions
Which team permissions can view, create, edit, archive, and delete checks, change owners, and edit AI Managed checks.
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How a Check Works
What a check is made of, who creates it, how AI Managed checks are generated, how a Scan evaluates it, and how its status changes.
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Authored Checks
What an Authored check is, who governs it, and how it differs from an AI Managed check.
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AI Managed Checks
What an AI Managed check is, which edits convert it to Authored, and how to go back.
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Check Ownership
Who is responsible for a check, the four ways ownership changes, notifications, and filtering by owner.
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Check Importance
How much a check's failures matter, and how its tags raise or lower it.
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Impact Metrics
Numbers measured over a check's failed records that show how big a failure is.
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Dry Run
What a Dry Run evaluates and how to read its results, anomalies, and source records.