Riutilizzare le regole sulla qualità dei dati

Questo documento descrive come riutilizzare le regole di qualità dei dati di Knowledge Catalog (in precedenza Dataplex Universal Catalog) per definire e gestire regole aziendali standardizzate.

La riutilizzabilità delle regole consente di condividere definizioni di regole aziendali complesse o standardizzate in più regole e analisi della qualità dei dati utilizzando modelli di regole. Questo documento descrive anche come configurare, creare e gestire modelli di regole riutilizzabili e come collegare le regole di qualità dei dati alle voci di catalogo come aspetti dei metadati.

Casi d'uso

Puoi utilizzare la riusabilità delle regole di qualità dei dati per i seguenti scenari:

  • Standardizzare e condividere le definizioni delle regole: utilizza i modelli di regole personalizzate per archiviare definizioni di regole aziendali complesse o standardizzate. In questo modo si riducono il tempo e l'impegno necessari per distribuire definizioni comuni utilizzando espressioni SQL basate su modelli. Ad esempio, un team centrale di governance dei dati può definire un modello standard di email valida o SSN valido che viene riutilizzato in tutta l'organizzazione, garantendo coerenza e riducendo il sovraccarico operativo della gestione delle regole duplicate.
  • Implementa la qualità basata sulla governance: dichiara le regole dei dati come metadati utilizzando gli aspetti di Knowledge Catalog nelle voci della tabella BigQuery e del glossario aziendale. In questo modo, le regole sono ricercabili e riutilizzabili. Ad esempio, quando colleghi una colonna a un termine del glossario, questa può ereditare automaticamente le regole di convalida definite per quel termine, consentendo policy di governance automatizzate tramite l'ereditarietà dei metadati semantici.
  • Cerca e scopri regole riutilizzabili: trova le regole esistenti all'interno della tua organizzazione tramite la ricerca semantica. Ciò consente agli analisti e agli ingegneri dei dati di scoprire set di regole standardizzati e verificati (ad esempio "Costanti finanziarie di base") e di avviare la qualità dei dati per nuovi progetti senza scrivere codice SQL da zero.
  • Elimina i problemi di avvio a freddo: utilizza i modelli di regole di sistema per le valutazioni utilizzate di frequente, ad esempio i controlli null o le aspettative di intervallo. Questi modelli integrati ti consentono di configurare rapidamente il monitoraggio della qualità dei dati per scenari comuni senza dover scrivere codice SQL personalizzato.
  • Consenti la separazione delle competenze: consente ai team di governance centralizzata di creare modelli di regole verificati, mentre i team di ingegneria si concentrano sull'applicazione di queste regole alle risorse di dati senza dover scrivere o gestire codice SQL complesso. Questa chiara divisione delle responsabilità migliora l'agilità organizzativa e garantisce che gli standard di qualità dei dati vengano applicati in modo coerente in tutta l'azienda.

Prima di iniziare

  1. Abilitare l'API Dataplex.

    Ruoli richiesti per abilitare le API

    Per abilitare le API, devi disporre del ruolo IAM Amministratore utilizzo dei servizi (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin), che include l'autorizzazione serviceusage.services.enable. Scopri come concedere i ruoli.

    Abilitare l'API

Prima di utilizzare la riusabilità delle regole di qualità dei dati, assicurati di aver completato i seguenti requisiti.

Configura l'ambiente API Dataplex

Per utilizzare gli esempi di API REST in questo documento, configura un alias per gcurl e configura la variabile di ambiente ${DATAPLEX_API}.

  1. Imposta un alias di gcurl. In questo modo viene creato un collegamento che include il token di autenticazione e imposta il tipo di contenuti JSON per le richieste API:

    alias gcurl='curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" -H "Content-Type: application/json"'
    
  2. Imposta la variabile DATAPLEX_API:

    DATAPLEX_API="dataplex.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION"

    Sostituisci quanto segue:

    • PROJECT_ID: il tuo ID progetto.
    • LOCATION: la posizione in cui si trovano la scansione o le risorse (ad esempio us-central1).

Configura un service account

Un account di servizio è obbligatorio per eseguire scansioni della qualità dei dati con regole riutilizzabili. Crea un service account con i seguenti ruoli e autorizzazioni di Identity and Access Management:

  • Devi disporre dell'autorizzazione iam.serviceAccounts.actAs per il progetto che ospita il account di servizio (in genere utilizzando il ruolo roles/iam.serviceAccountUser).
  • Concedi all'agente di servizio Dataplex (service-PROJECT_ID@gcp-sa-dataplex.iam.gserviceaccount.com) per il progetto di scansione l'autorizzazione iam.serviceAccounts.getAccessToken sull'account di servizio (ad esempio, utilizzando il ruolo roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreator).
  • Il account di servizio deve disporre delle seguenti autorizzazioni:
    • bigquery.tables.getData sulla tabella da scansionare (ad esempio, utilizzando roles/bigquery.dataViewer).
    • bigquery.jobs.insert nel progetto di scansione (ad esempio utilizzando roles/bigquery.jobUser).
    • roles/bigquery.dataEditor nel set di dati di esportazione (se utilizzi l'esportazione).

Ruoli e autorizzazioni richiesti

Assicurati di disporre dei seguenti ruoli IAM per le tue attività specifiche:

  • Gestione scansione dati: ruoli di scansione dati richiesti per gestire le risorse di scansione dati.
  • Gestione con modello di regole: per creare o aggiornare i modelli di regole, devi disporre delle autorizzazioni necessarie per gestire le voci all'interno del gruppo di voci o del progetto del modello di regole. Nello specifico, roles/dataplex.catalogEditor o roles/dataplex.entryOwner concede queste autorizzazioni.
  • Riferimento ai modelli di regole dalle regole: devi disporre delle autorizzazioni dataplex.entries.get e dataplex.entries.getData per il gruppo di voci o il progetto del modello di regole a cui fa riferimento una regola.
  • Allegare regole di qualità dei dati alle tabelle BigQuery: per allegare regole di qualità dei dati come metadati di Knowledge Catalog, devi disporre di uno dei seguenti elementi:
    • bigquery.tables.update o roles/bigquery.dataEditor nella tabella e dataplex.entryGroups.useDataRulesAspect nel gruppo di voci @bigquery nella posizione della tabella.
    • roles/dataplex.catalogEditor sul gruppo di voci @bigquery.
  • Allegare regole di qualità dei dati ai termini del glossario aziendale: per allegare regole di qualità dei dati come metadati di Knowledge Catalog, devi disporre di uno dei seguenti elementi:
    • dataplex.glossaryTerms.update sul termine e dataplex.entryGroups.useDataRulesAspect sul gruppo di voci @dataplex.
    • roles/dataplex.catalogEditor sul gruppo di voci @dataplex.
  • Creazione di scansioni della qualità dei dati con regole basate sull'inserimento: devi disporre di uno dei seguenti elementi:
    • bigquery.tables.get e bigquery.tables.getData sul tavolo.
    • dataplex.entries.get e dataplex.entries.getData nel gruppo di voci @bigquery nella posizione della tabella.

Sintassi delle query SQL per i modelli di regole

Quando scrivi la logica SQL per un modello di regola, devi fornire un'istruzione che restituisca le righe non valide. Se la query restituisce delle righe, la regola non riesce. Per ulteriori informazioni, vedi SqlAssertion.

Segui queste linee guida per scrivere SQL per i modelli di regole:

  • Ometti il punto e virgola finale dall'istruzione SQL.
  • Utilizza ${param(name)} per fare riferimento ai parametri di input, ad esempio ${param(min_value)}.
  • Utilizza $${...} to escape a literal ${...} and prevent it from being replaced as a parameter.
  • Parameter variables are case-sensitive.

System-supported parameters

You can use the following system-supported parameters in your rule template SQL:

  • ${project()}: The project ID of the resource being scanned.
  • ${dataset()}: The BigQuery dataset ID of the resource being scanned, formatted as PROJECT_ID.DATASET_ID.
  • ${table()}: The BigQuery table ID of the resource being scanned, formatted as PROJECT_ID.DATASET_ID.TABLE_ID.
  • ${column()}: The column the rule is evaluated on. An error occurs during rule evaluation if the rule is attached to the table level but references ${column()}.
  • ${data()}: A reference to the data source table and all of its precondition filters like row filters, sampling percentages, and incremental filters defined in the scan specification. For more information, see Data reference parameter.

Example 1: Validate column values are between two values

The following example validates that all values in a column are between a minimum and maximum value:

SELECT *
FROM ${data()}
WHERE
  NOT ((${column()}>=${param(min_value)} AND ${column()}<=${param(max_value)}) IS TRUE)

Note the following:

  • Using NOT(condition) IS TRUE returns invalid rows, including rows with NULL values in the column.
  • Using ${data()} limits the scope of rows evaluated to the source table and its filters, such as row filters, sampling percentages, and incremental filters.
  • Using ${column()} lets you reference the column that the rule using this template is evaluated on.

Example 2: Foreign key validation

The following example verifies that each value in a column exists in a primary key column of another table:

SELECT t.*
FROM ${data()} AS t
LEFT JOIN `${param(reference_table)}` AS s
  ON t.${column()} = s.`${param(reference_column)}`
WHERE s.`${param(reference_column)}` IS NULL

Input parameters for this template are as follows:

  • reference_table: The name of the reference table containing the primary keys. Use the format PROJECT_ID.DATASET_ID.TABLE_ID.

  • reference_column: The name of the primary key column in the reference table.

System rule templates

Knowledge Catalog provides system rule templates that can be used in any region. Knowledge Catalog manages these templates in the dataplex-templates project under the rule-library entry group. An example of a full resource name is projects/dataplex-templates/locations/global/entryGroups/rule-library/entries/non_null_expectation.

To view the list of all the available system rule templates, see System rule templates list.

To find the available list of system rule templates, select one of the following options:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Click Rule libraries > System.

  3. To see the list of available system rule templates, click rule-library.

When creating a new rule, you can select the system rule templates in the Choose rule types menu.

REST

To find the available list of system rule templates, use the entries.list method:

gcurl "https://dataplex.googleapis.com/v1/projects/dataplex-templates/locations/global/entryGroups/rule-library/entries"

Known differences between system rule templates and built-in rules

The following table describes the differences between system rule templates and built-in rules:

Feature System rule templates Built-in rules
Source Reusable templates in the catalog Built-in in the API
Referencing Can be referenced by catalog entries and scans Can only be used in scans

The following list describes additional differences in how metrics are calculated for system rule templates:

  • Assertion Row Count metric: This metric is populated for all template reference rules, not just SQL assertion rules.
  • Statistic Range Expectation rule template: Rule metrics from evaluation of rules referencing this template wouldn't contain the nullCount metric. Because it is an aggregate rule, the ignore null capability isn't supported, and rule success is determined by the aggregate statistic being within the defined range.
  • Uniqueness Expectation rule template: This template calculates passedCount differently than the built-in UniquenessExpectation rule. The rule template returns all rows for which duplicate values or null rows exist, which can result in fewer passing rows if duplicates are present.

    For example, if a column contains the values (a, a, b, b, c, d, e):

    • Built-in uniqueness rule: Returns 5 passing rows: (a, b, c, d, e).
    • Uniqueness rule template: Returns 4 failing rows: (a, a, b, b). The number of passing rows is 3 (7 total rows minus 4 failed rows): (c, d, e).

Metadata aspects

This section describes the fields and values for the data-rules and data-quality-rule-template aspect types.

data-rules aspect fields

To define data rules, use the dataplex-types.global.data-rules aspect. The following table describes the fields for this aspect.

Field Type Description
rules Array Required. A list of data quality rules.
rules[].name String Required. A name for the rule.
rules[].dimension String Optional. The data quality dimension for the rule.
rules[].description String Optional. The description of the rule.
rules[].suspended Boolean Optional. Whether the rule is active or suspended. Default is false.
rules[].threshold Double Optional. The passing threshold for the rule, from 0.0 to 1.0. Default is 1.0.
rules[].type Enum Required. The type of the rule. The only supported value is TEMPLATE_REFERENCE.
rules[].ignore_null Boolean Optional. If true, rows with null values in the column are ignored when determining the success criteria.
rules[].attributes Map Optional. Custom key-value pairs associated with the rule.
rules[].templateReference Object Required. A reference to the rule template.
rules[].templateReference.name String Required. The resource name of the rule template.
rules[].templateReference.values Map Optional. The parameter names and values for the rule template.
rules[].templateReference.values[].parameterValue.value String Required. The value for the parameter.

The following example shows a data-rules aspect in a payload.json file:

{
  "aspects": {
    "dataplex-types.global.data-rules": {
      "data": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "name": "valid-email",
            "dimension": "VALIDITY",
            "type": "TEMPLATE_REFERENCE",
            "templateReference": {
              "name": "projects/my-project/locations/us-central1/entryGroups/my-rules/entries/email-check",
              "values": {
                "column_name": {
                    "value": "email"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

data-quality-rule-template aspect fields

Use the data-quality-rule-template aspect to define a custom data quality rule template. The following table describes the fields for the dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template aspect.

Field Type Description
dimension String Required. The dimension for the rule template.
sqlCollection Array Required. A list of SQL queries for the rule template.
sqlCollection[].sql.query String Required. The SQL query that returns invalid rows.
inputParameters Map Optional. A map of input parameters for the rule template.
inputParameters[].parameterDescription.description String Optional. The description of the input parameter.
inputParameters[].parameterDescription.defaultValue String Optional. The default value for the parameter if no value is provided.
capabilities Array Optional. A list of template capabilities, such as THRESHOLD or IGNORE_NULL.

The following example displays the structure of a data-quality-rule-template aspect:

{
  "entryType": "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryTypes/data-quality-rule-template",
  "aspects": {
    "dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template": {
      "data": {
        "dimension": "COMPLETENESS",
        "sqlCollection": [
          {
              "query": "SELECT * FROM ${data()} WHERE ${column()} > ${param(p1)}"
          }
        ],
        "inputParameters": {
          "p1": {
              "description": "The parameter description"
          }
        },
        "capabilities": [
          "THRESHOLD",
          "IGNORE_NULL"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Manage data quality rule templates

This section describes how to create, edit, and delete rule templates.

Create a rule library

To create a rule library, you must create a Knowledge Catalog entry group.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Go to Rule libraries > Custom, and click Create.

  3. In the Create rule library window, fill in the following fields:

    1. Optional: Enter a display name.
    2. In Rule library ID, enter an ID. For more information, see the resource naming conventions.
    3. Optional: Enter a description.
    4. In the Location menu, select a location. It can't be changed later.
    5. Optional: Add labels. Labels are key-value pairs that let you group related objects together or with other Google Cloud resources.
    6. Click Save.

REST

To create a rule library by using the API, you must create an entry group with the required label goog-dataplex-entry-group-type: rule_library:

gcurl -X POST "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups?entryGroup_id=RULE_LIBRARY_ID" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"labels": {
  "goog-dataplex-entry-group-type": "rule_library"
},
"description": "DESCRIPTION"
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • RULE_LIBRARY_ID: a unique ID for your rule library.
  • DESCRIPTION: an optional description for the rule library.

Terraform

To create a rule library, use the google_dataplex_entry_group resource:

resource "google_dataplex_entry_group" "rule_library" {
project        = "PROJECT_ID"
location       = "LOCATION"
entry_group_id = "RULE_LIBRARY_ID"
description    = "DESCRIPTION"

labels = {
"goog-dataplex-entry-group-type" = "rule_library"
}
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule library (for example, us-central1).
  • RULE_LIBRARY_ID: a unique ID for your rule library.
  • DESCRIPTION: an optional description for the rule library.

Create a rule template

To create a custom rule template, select one of the following:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Go to Rule libraries > Custom.

  3. Click the rule library where you want to add a template, and then click Create.

  4. In the Create rule template window, fill in the following fields:

    1. Optional: Enter a name for the template.
    2. In Template ID, enter an ID. For more information, see the resource naming conventions.
    3. Optional: Enter a description.
    4. In the Dimension menu, select a dimension. For more information, see Dimensions.
    5. In the SQL query field, enter the following example query that validates each column value is between two values:

      SELECT * FROM ${data()} WHERE NOT(${column()}>=${param(min_value)} AND ${column()}<=${param(max_value)}) IS TRUE
      
    6. Optional: To enable the rule referencing this template to specify a threshold for success criteria, select Support threshold.

    7. Optional: To allow rules referencing this template to ignore null values in the column for determining success criteria, select Support ignore null.

    8. In Input Parameters, click Add input parameter, and then for each parameter used in the SQL query, enter an input name, description, and default value. In the preceding example, the names would be min_value and max_value.

    9. Click Save.

REST

To create a custom rule template, create an entry of type data-quality-rule-template:

gcurl -X POST "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries?entry_id=TEMPLATE_ID" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"entryType": "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryTypes/data-quality-rule-template",
"entrySource": {
  "displayName": "DISPLAY_NAME",
  "description": "DESCRIPTION"
},
"aspects": {
  "dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template": {
     "data": {
       "dimension": "VALIDITY",
       "sqlCollection": [
         {
           "query": "SELECT t.* FROM ${data()} AS t LEFT JOIN `${param(reference_table)}` AS s ON t.${column()} = s.`${param(reference_column)}` WHERE s.`${param(reference_column)}` IS NULL"
         }
       ],
       "inputParameters": {
         "PARAMETER_NAME": { "description": "PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION" }
       },
       "capabilities": ["THRESHOLD"]
     }
  }
}
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: a unique ID for your rule template.
  • DISPLAY_NAME: a display name for the rule template.
  • DESCRIPTION: a description of the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter used in the SQL query.
  • PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION: a description of the input parameter.

Terraform

To create a custom rule template, use the google_dataplex_entry resource:

resource "google_dataplex_entry" "rule_template" {
project        = "PROJECT_ID"
location       = "LOCATION"
entry_id       = "TEMPLATE_ID"
entry_group_id = "ENTRY_GROUP_ID"

entry_type = "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryTypes/data-quality-rule-template"

entry_source {
display_name = "DISPLAY_NAME"
description  = "DESCRIPTION"
}

aspects {
aspect_key = "dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template"
aspect {
  data = jsonencode({
    dimension = "VALIDITY"
    sqlCollection = [
      {
        query = "SELECT t.* FROM $${data()} AS t LEFT JOIN `$${param(reference_table)}` AS s ON t.$${column()} = s.`$${param(reference_column)}` WHERE s.`$${param(reference_column)}` IS NULL"
      }
    ]
    inputParameters = {
      "PARAMETER_NAME" = { description = "PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION" }
    }
    capabilities = ["THRESHOLD"]
  })
}
}
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template (for example, us-central1).
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: a unique ID for your rule template.
  • DISPLAY_NAME: a display name for the rule template.
  • DESCRIPTION: a description of the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter used in the SQL query.
  • PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION: a description of the input parameter.

Update a rule template

To update an existing rule template, select one of the following options:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Go to Rule libraries > Custom.

  3. Click the rule library that contains the template you want to update.

  4. In the Rule templates list, click the template that you want to update.

  5. On the rule template details page, click Edit.

  6. Update the fields, and then click Save.

REST

To update a custom rule template, patch the entry or specific aspect:

gcurl -X PATCH "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID?updateMask=aspects" \
--data @- << EOF
{
 "aspects": {
   "dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template": {
     "data": {
       "dimension": "VALIDITY",
       "sqlCollection": [
         {
           "query": "SELECT * FROM ${data()} WHERE ${column()} IS NOT NULL"
         }
       ]
     }
   }
 }
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template that you want to update.

Terraform

To update a custom rule template, use the google_dataplex_entry resource:

resource "google_dataplex_entry" "rule_template" {
project        = "PROJECT_ID"
location       = "LOCATION"
entry_id       = "TEMPLATE_ID"
entry_group_id = "ENTRY_GROUP_ID"

entry_type = "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryTypes/data-quality-rule-template"

aspects {
aspect_key = "dataplex-types.global.data-quality-rule-template"
aspect {
  data = jsonencode({
    dimension = "VALIDITY"
    sqlCollection = [
      {
        query = "SELECT * FROM $${data()} WHERE $${column()} IS NOT NULL"
      }
    ]
  })
}
}
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template (for example, us-central1).
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template that you want to update.

Delete a rule template

To delete an existing rule template, select one of the following options:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Go to Rule libraries > Custom.

  3. Click the rule library that contains the template you want to delete.

  4. In the Rule templates list, click the template that you want to delete.

  5. Click Delete, and then click Delete again to confirm.

REST

To delete a custom rule template, delete the entry:

gcurl -X DELETE \
"https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID"

Replace the following:

  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template that you want to delete.

Create a data quality scan using template rules

Use your custom templates to define rules for a data quality scan.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Follow the steps to create a data quality scan, but update the following:

    1. In the Define scan window, in the Credential type menu, select Service account, and then enter a service account. A service account is mandatory for using rule templates.
    2. In the Data quality rules window, define the rules to configure for this data quality scan:
      1. Click Add rules > Template rules.
      2. You can either select Attach rule to entire table, or in Choose columns, browse and select the columns to apply rules for.
      3. In Choose rule templates, select the rule templates to use. Only the rule templates in the same location as the scan or in a global location can be used. Alternatively, you can also select system rule templates from the list.
      4. Click Ok.
      5. Click Edit rule, and then add rule specific parameters.
      6. Click Save.
      7. Select the rules that you want to add, and then click Select. The rules are now added to your current rules list.
      8. Optional: Repeat the previous steps to add additional rules to the data quality scan.
      9. Click Continue.
    3. Proceed with the remaining scan configuration.
    4. Click Create to only create the scan, or click Run scan to create and immediately run the scan.

REST

To create a data quality scan that references a rule template, specify the templateReference. Custom rule templates use project-specific paths, while system rule templates use a global path: projects/dataplex-templates/locations/global/entryGroups/rule-library/entries/<var>SYSTEM_TEMPLATE_ID</var>.

The following example creates a scan that uses a custom rule template and includes a filter to selectively run rules:

gcurl -X POST "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/dataScans?data_scan_id=DATASCAN_ID" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"data": {
  "resource": "//bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/BIGQUERY_PROJECT_ID/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID"
},
"executionIdentity": {
  "serviceAccount": { "email": "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL" }
},
"executionSpec": { "trigger": { "onDemand": {} } },
"type": "DATA_QUALITY",
"dataQualitySpec": {
  "rules": [
    {
      "templateReference": {
        "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID",
        "values": { "PARAMETER_NAME": { "value" : "PARAMETER_VALUE" } }
      },
      "column": "COLUMN_NAME",
      "name": "RULE_NAME"
    }
  ],
  "filter": "FILTER_CONDITION"
}
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and scan (for example, us-central1).
  • DATASCAN_ID: the ID of the data quality scan.
  • BIGQUERY_PROJECT_ID: the project ID of the BigQuery table.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: the email ID of the service account to run the scan.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the custom rule template.
  • SYSTEM_TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the system rule template (for example, non_null_expectation).
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.
  • COLUMN_NAME: the column to apply the rule to.
  • RULE_NAME: a name for the rule instance.
  • FILTER_CONDITION: an optional AIP-160 filter string to selectively run rules (for example, name = \"RULE_NAME\").

Terraform

To create a data quality scan that references a rule template, use the google_dataplex_datascan resource:

resource "google_dataplex_datascan" "scan" {
data_scan_id = "DATASCAN_ID"
location     = "LOCATION"
project      = "PROJECT_ID"

data {
resource = "//bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/BIGQUERY_PROJECT_ID/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID"
}

execution_spec {
service_account = "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL"
trigger {
  on_demand {}
}
}

data_quality_spec {
rules {
  column    = "COLUMN_NAME"
  name      = "RULE_NAME"
  dimension = "VALIDITY"

  template_reference {
    name = "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID"
    values = {
      "PARAMETER_NAME" = { value = "PARAMETER_VALUE" }
    }
  }
}
filter = "FILTER_CONDITION"
}
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and scan (for example, us-central1).
  • DATASCAN_ID: the ID of the data quality scan.
  • BIGQUERY_PROJECT_ID: the project ID of the BigQuery table.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: the email ID of the service account to run the scan.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the custom rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.
  • COLUMN_NAME: the column to apply the rule to.
  • RULE_NAME: a name for the rule instance.
  • FILTER_CONDITION: an optional AIP-160 filter string to selectively run rules.

Run and monitor data quality scans

After you create a data quality scan, you must run it to validate your data. For more information, see Run a data quality scan.

You can then monitor the scan jobs and view the results. For more information, see View the data quality scan results.

Attach data quality rules to catalog entries

You can declare data quality rules as aspects in Knowledge Catalog to make them searchable and reusable across scans.

BigQuery table

To define rules directly on a BigQuery table entry, select one of the following:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Knowledge Catalog Search page.

    Go to Search

  2. Search for and select the table that you want to attach rules to.

  3. Click Data quality > Rules management > Create rules.

  4. In the Create rules window, do the following:

    1. In the Choose create option menu, select Create new rule.
    2. In Choose columns, click Browse. Select the columns to apply rules for.
    3. In the Choose rule types menu, select the rule templates to use. Only the rule templates in the same location as the scan can be used.
    4. Click Edit rule, and then add rule specific parameters.
    5. Click Save.

      The Rules management page displays all entry rules.

REST

To attach rules to a specific column using the API, patch the @bigquery entry with a data-rules aspect targeted to that column:

gcurl -X PATCH "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups/@bigquery/entries/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID?updateMask=aspects&aspect_keys=projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/aspectTypes/data-rules@Schema.COLUMN_NAME" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"aspects": {
  "dataplex-types.global.data-rules@Schema.COLUMN_NAME": {
    "aspectType": "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/aspectTypes/data-rules",
    "data": {
      "rules": [
        {
          "templateReference": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID",
          "column": "COLUMN_NAME",
            "values": { "PARAMETER_NAME": { "value" : "PARAMETER_VALUE" } }
          }
      ]
    }
  }
}
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and aspect.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • COLUMN_NAME: the column to apply the rule to.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.

Terraform

To attach rules to a specific column, use the google_dataplex_entry resource:

resource "google_dataplex_entry" "bq_table_metadata" {
  project        = "PROJECT_ID"
  location       = "LOCATION"
  entry_id       = "bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/PROJECT_ID/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID"
  entry_group_id = "@bigquery"

  aspects {
    aspect_key = "dataplex-types.global.data-rules@Schema.COLUMN_NAME"
    aspect {
      data = jsonencode({
        rules = [
          {
            name      = "RULE_NAME"
            dimension = "VALIDITY"
            templateReference = "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID"
               values = {
                 "PARAMETER_NAME" = { value = "PARAMETER_VALUE" }
               }
            }
        ]
      })
    }
  }
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and aspect.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • COLUMN_NAME: the column to apply the rule to.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.
  • RULE_NAME: a unique name for the rule.

Business glossary terms

You can attach rules to business glossary terms. Rules attached to terms are automatically inherited by linked BigQuery tables.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Knowledge Catalog Glossaries page.

    Go to Glossaries

  2. Search for and select the business glossary term.

  3. In the Data quality rules section, click Add.

  4. In the Create rules window, do the following:

    1. In the Choose create option menu, select Create new rule.
    2. In the Choose rule types menu, select the rule templates to use. Only the rule templates in the same location as the scan can be used.
    3. Click Edit rule, and then add rule specific parameters.
    4. Click Save.
  5. Attach the term to a BigQuery table or columns. For more information, see Manage links between terms and data assets.

REST

To attach rules to a term using the API, patch the @dataplex entry for the glossary term:

gcurl -X PATCH "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/entryGroups/@dataplex/entries/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/glossaries/GLOSSARY_ID/terms/TERM_ID?updateMask=aspects&aspect_keys=projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/aspectTypes/data-rules" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"aspects": {
  "dataplex-types.global.data-rules": {
    "aspectType": "projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/aspectTypes/data-rules",
    "data": {
      "rules": [
        {
          "templateReference": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID",
          "column": "COLUMN_NAME",
            "values": { "PARAMETER_NAME": { "value" : "PARAMETER_VALUE" } }
          }
      ]
    }
  }
}
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and aspect.
  • GLOSSARY_ID: the ID of the business glossary.
  • TERM_ID: the ID of the glossary term.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template.
  • COLUMN_NAME: the column to apply the rule to.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.

Terraform

To attach rules to a business glossary term, use the google_dataplex_entry resource:

resource "google_dataplex_entry" "glossary_term_rules" {
  project        = "PROJECT_ID"
  location       = "LOCATION"
  entry_id       = "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/glossaries/GLOSSARY_ID/terms/TERM_ID"
  entry_group_id = "@dataplex"

  aspects {
    aspect_key = "dataplex-types.global.data-rules"
    aspect {
      data = jsonencode({
        rules = [
          {
            name      = "RULE_NAME"
            dimension = "VALIDITY"
            templateReference = "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/TEMPLATE_ID"
              values = {
                "PARAMETER_NAME" = { value = "PARAMETER_VALUE" }
              }
            }
        ]
      })
    }
  }
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your rule template and aspect.
  • GLOSSARY_ID: the ID of the business glossary.
  • TERM_ID: the ID of the glossary term.
  • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group that stores your rule template.
  • TEMPLATE_ID: the ID of the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_NAME: the name of an input parameter for the rule template.
  • PARAMETER_VALUE: the value for the input parameter.
  • RULE_NAME: a unique name for the rule.

Import rules from another table

You can import data quality rules from an existing BigQuery table entry to your current table.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Knowledge Catalog Search page.

    Go to Search

  2. Select the table you want to manage rules for.

  3. Click Data quality > Rules management.

  4. Click Create rules.

  5. In the Create rules window, do the following:

    1. In the Choose create option menu, select Import rules from another table.
    2. In Table, click Browse. Search for and select the source table containing the rules that you want to copy.
    3. Select the rules. You can also edit the rules.
    4. Click Save.

      The Rules management tab displays the new rules.

REST

To import rules, you must fetch the data-rules aspect from the source entry and apply it to the target entry.

  1. Get the data-rules aspect from the source entry:

    gcurl "https://dataplex.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/entryGroups/ENTRY_GROUP_ID/entries/SOURCE_ENTRY_ID?view=FULL"
  2. Extract the rules list from the dataplex-types.global.data-rules aspect.

  3. Attach the rules to a target entry.

    Replace the following:

    • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
    • LOCATION: the location of the source entry.
    • ENTRY_GROUP_ID: the ID of the entry group for the source entry.
    • SOURCE_ENTRY_ID: the ID of the source entry.

View data quality rules for BigQuery table

You can view all rules applicable to a table, including rules attached directly and rules inherited from linked glossary terms.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Knowledge Catalog Search page.

    Go to Search

  2. Search for and select the table.

  3. Click Data quality > Rules management to view all rules.

Create a data quality scan using rules from catalog

You can selectively run rules declared on catalog entries in a scan.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Data profiling & quality page.

    Go to Data profiling & quality

  2. Follow the steps to create a data quality scan, but update the following:

    1. In the Define scan window, do the following:
      1. In the Credential type menu, select Service account, and then enter a service account. A service account is mandatory for using rule templates.
      2. For Rule type, select Create with entry based rule.
    2. In the Data quality rules section, rules applicable to the table entry are displayed, including rules inherited from linked glossary terms. To filter the rules, do the following:
      1. In the Filter items field, filter items to selectively run rules.
      2. Click Apply. Filtered rules are displayed.
    3. Proceed with the remaining scan configuration.
    4. Click Create to only create the scan, or click Run scan to create and immediately run the scan.

    Subsequent runs evaluate rules attached to the entry or inherited from glossary terms as observed at the time of execution.

REST

To run rules from catalog entries, set enableCatalogBasedRules to true. You can also specify a filter.

To create the scan, use the following code:

gcurl -X POST "https://${DATAPLEX_API}/dataScans?data_scan_id=DATASCAN_ID" \
--data @- << EOF
{
"type": "DATA_QUALITY",
"data": {
  "resource": "//bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/PROJECT_ID/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID"
},
"executionIdentity": {
  "serviceAccount": { "email": "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL" }
},
"executionSpec": { "trigger": { "onDemand": {} } },
"dataQualitySpec": {
  "enableCatalogBasedRules": true,
  "filter": "FILTER_CONDITION"
}
}
EOF

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your data scan.
  • DATASCAN_ID: the ID of the data quality scan.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: the email ID of the service account to run the scan.
  • FILTER_CONDITION: an AIP-160 filter string to selectively run rules (for example, attributes.environment = \"prod\").

Terraform

To run rules from catalog entries, use the google_dataplex_datascan resource:

resource "google_dataplex_datascan" "scan" {
data_scan_id = "DATASCAN_ID"
location     = "LOCATION"
project      = "PROJECT_ID"

data {
resource = "//bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/PROJECT_ID/datasets/DATASET_ID/tables/TABLE_ID"
}

execution_spec {
service_account = "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL"
trigger {
  on_demand {}
}
}

data_quality_spec {
enable_catalog_based_rules = true
filter = "FILTER_CONDITION"
}
}

Replace the following:

  • PROJECT_ID: your project ID.
  • LOCATION: the location for your data scan.
  • DATASCAN_ID: the ID of the data quality scan.
  • DATASET_ID: the BigQuery dataset ID.
  • TABLE_ID: the BigQuery table ID.
  • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: the email ID of the service account to run the scan.
  • FILTER_CONDITION: an AIP-160 filter string to selectively run rules.

Pricing

Using Knowledge Catalog rule reusability involves the following pricing elements:

  • BigQuery charges: BigQuery charges for the job that runs in the scan project. For more information, see BigQuery pricing.
  • Knowledge Catalog data quality scan: There's no charge for processing since BigQuery charges for the job.
  • Metadata storage: data-rules aspect and data-quality-rule-template aspect storage is charged as metadata storage. For more information, see Knowledge Catalog pricing.

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