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Column-level data quality warnings: New in Tableau 2022.3

Tableau 2022.3 finally lets you flag data quality issues right down to the column level.

Tim Ngwena •4 November 2022 •1 min read •4 min watch •3.1K

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Tableau 2022.3 lets you add data quality warnings at the column level, not just the data source level
Column-level warnings require Tableau Data Management (the lineage tab) to be enabled
You set the warning from the table view by selecting a column and using the Actions button, not from inside the workbook
High visibility warnings pop up when you open a workbook and when you connect to the data source; standard visibility warnings show in blue and only appear under data details
The lineage feature maps assets from the highest level (database) down to the lowest level (owner)

0:00Data quality warnings are such a useful

0:01feature in Tableau. It allows you to

0:03communicate issues

0:04with your data throughout the data pipeline

0:07to upstream and downstream assets. Here you

0:09can see

0:10I've got a data quality warning right on my

0:12dashboard before I even go in and when I

0:14open

0:14up the dashboard I even get this pop-up

0:16here to tell me there's a data quality

0:18warning but

0:19in 22.3 there's something different about

0:21this quality warning. If we open up the

0:23details

0:24and just wait for it to pop up I'll move my

0:26face to the left hand side here. If I click

0:28on this

0:28warning you'll see this data quality

0:31warning is on a column. Yes in 22.3 you can

0:35add column level data

0:36quality warnings. How do you do this? Well

0:39let me show you. So if I move my face back

0:41to the right

0:41hand side and I go back to the Superstore

0:43dataset and the workbook here you can see

0:46that you've got

0:46various tabs from views, data sources,

0:49connected metrics all the way down to

0:50lineage. Now to see

0:52this lineage tab you do need to have the

0:54data management add-on enabled. It's no

0:56longer called

0:57an add-on it's just called Tableau data

0:59management. It used to be called an add-on

1:01it is an add-on

1:02let's just work with that. So when I click

1:04on lineage you'll see you get this little

1:06drop-down.

1:06Now what this lineage feature does is if I

1:08just move my face out of the way again let

1:10me put it

1:10up here out the way you see a sort of a

1:13stream of information basically going from

1:16the highest level

1:17asset which is going to be a database all

1:19the way down to the lowest level asset

1:20which is typically

1:21the owner of the particular asset that you

1:23're looking at. So here you have one owner

1:26who has

1:26uh potentially owns all the metrics dash

1:29boards and sheets in this particular lineage

1:31flow

1:31and then here we're actually at the Super

1:33store dataset level. Now when I had a look

1:35at this the

1:36first time I had a real sort of challenge

1:38because here you can see that I have no

1:39ability to sort of

1:40set actions on these column levels and if I

1:43actually switch to the order id field which

1:45is

1:45what you saw had that warning if I scroll

1:47all the way down let me just see if I can

1:49find it you can

1:50see that the quality warning is there but

1:53when I tick the box I have no real way of

1:55adding that

1:56quality warning so where do you add this

1:58quality warning well it's actually going to

2:01be in the

2:01table view you see here I'm inside of the

2:03workbook what I need to do is go back one

2:06level to the

2:06table you'll see that I have this

2:08particular setup if I select orders now I

2:11am in my orders table I

2:13can actually see the detailed information

2:15if I now go down and I select this little

2:17tick you'll see

2:18you get the actions button and now you can

2:20change the quality warning for this

2:22particular column

2:23and this is where the column has been set

2:25up now you'll see here I set up a high

2:27visibility data

2:28quality warning which means it pops up when

2:31you open the workbook and it also pops up

2:33when you

2:33connect to the data source if I just set a

2:35standard visibility warning let's just

2:37change

2:37this here you'll see that all the warnings

2:39in this workbook are going to change to

2:41blue

2:41and once this is saved let's wait for it to

2:43save and let's everything sort of refresh I

2:46'll actually

2:46refresh the page just to give give it a

2:48kick so we can see the change you can see

2:50here it changes to

2:51blue at the very top one data quality

2:53warning but go back to my workbook and

2:55refresh the workbook

2:57you'll see that I won't get a pop-up this

2:59time it will just appear as normal and it's

3:01only when I

3:02then go to data details well I actually

3:04then see there's one data quality warning

3:06here and when I

3:07click on that you'll see that I get that

3:09detail there so that is column level I can

3:12't say that

3:13properly that is column level data quality

3:15warnings now in 22.3 it's a pretty nice

3:18feature

3:19go ahead and check it out I've also done

3:21other videos on data quality warnings in

3:23general in

3:23tableau so if you just search tableau data

3:25quality warnings here on youtube you'll

3:27find my videos but

3:28be sure to check all the other videos in

3:30this 22.3 playlist zone visibility just

3:33seems to be the

3:33video that's running away with all the

3:35viewership so be sure to check that if you

3:37haven't seen it

3:37already but otherwise I'll catch you in the

3:39next video

3:40you

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Rollup

Tableau 2022.3 lets you attach data quality warnings to individual columns, not just whole data sources, so you can flag issues at a much more precise level for anyone downstream using that data.

Data quality warnings already let you flag problems with a data source so users see an alert on dashboards and when connecting. This video covers the new column-level version and where to configure it.

The Breakdown

What a data quality warning does 0:00

A data quality warning communicates issues with your data to people using dashboards and data sources downstream. It can show as a pop-up when opening a workbook and as a detail you can click into.
Spotting a column-level warning 0:20

In 22.3, opening the data details on a warning can show you it's attached to a specific column rather than the whole data source - this is the new capability the rest of the video explains how to set up.
Lineage requires Data Management enabled 0:41

To see the lineage tab in a workbook you must have Tableau Data Management enabled (referred to here as an add-on). Lineage maps assets from the highest level, the database, down to the lowest level, typically the asset owner.
Lineage view won't let you set the warning 1:21

Inside the workbook's lineage tab you can see a column has a warning but you can't add or edit one there - there's no action available at that level, which is a genuine dead end worth knowing about.
Set the warning from the table view instead 2:01

You must go back a level, out of the workbook, to the table view. Select the table, then select the individual column, tick it, and use the Actions button that appears - this is the only place the column-level warning can be configured.
High vs standard visibility 2:23

High visibility warnings pop up both when you open a workbook and when you connect to the data source. Standard visibility warnings show as blue and only surface when you check data details - no pop-up. Choose whichever level fits how urgently people need to notice the issue.

Worth Knowing

Column-level warnings can only be set from the table view, not from inside the workbook or the lineage tab, even though lineage is where you can see the warning exists
Data Management needs to be enabled to access the lineage tab at all
Switching a warning to standard visibility means it no longer pops up on open - you have to actively check data details to see it

Use It When

Use this when you need to flag a problem with a specific field, such as a known data issue in one column, without triggering a warning against the entire data source for every user of it.

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