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Data pipeline failures cost organizations millions in lost revenue and broken decisions. This course empowers data management professionals with practical skills to build bulletproof data quality systems using industry-standard frameworks and automated testing approaches.
This Short Course was created to help data engineers and analysts accomplish robust data validation that prevents costly pipeline failures and ensures reliable analytics.
By completing this course, you'll be able to implement comprehensive data quality tests that automatically catch issues before they impact downstream systems, write YAML-based validation suites that monitor null rates and row counts, and establish automated quality gates that protect your data infrastructure.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Apply a data quality framework to define tests for data integrity
Implement automated validation for volume, completeness, and uniqueness requirements
Write YAML test suites that enforce quality standards across data pipelines
This course is unique because it focuses on practical, hands-on implementation of enterprise-grade data quality frameworks using real-world scenarios and industry-standard tools like Great Expectations and dbt testing.
To be successful in this project, you should have a background in basic data concepts, familiarity with SQL queries, and understanding of data pipeline fundamentals.
Learners will establish foundational understanding of data quality frameworks and define systematic approaches to testing data integrity through volume, completeness, and uniqueness validation.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 15 minutes
Why Data Quality Frameworks Prevent Million-Dollar Pipeline Failures•2 minutes
Essential Components of Data Quality Frameworks•7 minutes
Implementing Basic Data Quality Tests with SQL•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 8 minutes
Data Quality Testing Patterns and Implementation Strategies•8 minutes
1 assignment•Total 3 minutes
Data Quality Framework Foundation Knowledge Check•3 minutes
Module 2: Automated Testing Implementation
Module 2•1 hour to complete
Module details
Learners will implement automated data quality testing using YAML configuration and industry-standard tools to create production-ready validation systems with quality gates and monitoring capabilities.
What's included
2 videos2 readings2 assignments1 ungraded lab
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2 videos•Total 12 minutes
How Automated Testing Saves Data Engineers from Midnight Crisis Calls•4 minutes
Production-Ready Testing with dbt and Great Expectations•9 minutes
2 readings•Total 15 minutes
YAML-Based Testing Configuration and Great Expectations Integration•7 minutes
Building YAML Test Suites for Production Validation•8 minutes
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