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AI-Ready Data: Pillar 2

Invalid Data Shouldn't Reach Your Warehouse

One malformed record breaks a pipeline. Thousands corrupt a model. Catch them at the source.

What Is Data Qualification?

Validating data before it moves. Schema checks, business rules, anomaly detection - all at the source. Invalid data routes to dead-letter queues instead of breaking pipelines.

The Three Parts of Qualification

Based on Gartner's AI-Ready Data framework

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Schema & Consistency

Data must conform to expected structures. A string where you expect an integer breaks everything downstream.

Expanso enforces schemas declaratively. Non-conforming records route to dead-letter queues - they never reach your warehouse.

  • Declarative schema enforcement
  • Type checking at origination
  • Dead-letter routing
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Validation & Verification

Data must match expected patterns. A negative price or future birthdate indicates a problem.

Expanso validates against reference data, lookup tables, and business rules. Anomalies caught before they propagate.

  • Business rule validation
  • Reference data lookups
  • Anomaly detection
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Observability & SLAs

You need to know when data quality degrades. Silent failures are the worst failures.

Real-time visibility into data quality across your distributed footprint. Alerts fire when quality drops.

  • Quality dashboards
  • Threshold alerting
  • Pipeline health monitoring

Problems This Solves

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Bad Data Breaks Pipelines

Without

Schema mismatches cause 3am pages. Root cause analysis takes hours - bad data buried in millions of records.

With Expanso

Invalid data caught at source. Pipelines don't break. Bad records route to dead-letter queues with full context.

Fewer pipeline failures
2

Quality Issues Found Too Late

Without

Problems discovered days later during analysis. Bad data already in reports, dashboards, ML models.

With Expanso

Quality checked continuously. Issues caught immediately. Bad data never reaches downstream.

Issues caught at origin
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No Visibility Into Data Health

Without

Data quality is a black box. Teams don't know there's a problem until something breaks.

With Expanso

Real-time dashboards across all streams. Alerts when quality degrades. Problems visible before damage.

Real-time visibility

How It Works

1

Define Quality Rules

Schemas, validation rules, quality thresholds - all in YAML. No custom code.

2

Validate Everywhere

Rules apply across all sources. Consistent qualification, managed centrally.

3

Route Failures Gracefully

Invalid data routes to dead-letter queues with full context. Fix at your convenience.

Qualification in Practice

Retail

Retail Customer Data

POS, web, mobile records validated at origination. Duplicates, nulls, invalid formats caught before CDP.

Cleaner data for personalization
Energy

Energy Sensor Readings

Sensor data validated against expected ranges. Faulty sensors identified before corrupting models.

Reliable predictive maintenance
Financial Services

Financial Transactions

Transactions validated for format, completeness, business rules. Invalid records flagged.

Clean data for compliance

Stop Bad Data at the Source