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Data pipelines & processing medium

Check Null Rate Threshold in PySpark DataFrame

This PySpark code checks the null rate of specified DataFrame columns against a threshold and returns violations.

pyspark data quality null check
Python
from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
from pyspark.sql.functions import col, sum, count

def check_null_rate(df, threshold=0.2, columns=None):
    """
    Check null rate for specified columns (or all) against a threshold.
    Returns columns that exceed the threshold.
    """
    cols = columns or df.columns
    total…
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Data pipelines & processing medium

How to Validate Fact Table Grain Row Counts in Python

Validate fact table grain by checking dimension key references, unique grain combinations, duplicate rows, and dimension cardinality from a CSV file.

csv data validation etl
Python
import csv
import hashlib
from pathlib import Path


def validate_fact_grain(fact_file: Path, expected_dim_keys: dict[str, set[str]]) -> dict:
    """
    Validate fact table grain by checking each row's dimension keys exist
    in expected dimension tables and row count consistency.
    """
    dim_references = {}
  …
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Database scaling & optimization easy

How to Validate Data Before Scaling in Python

A reusable Python helper that validates required fields and constraint checks on data rows before entering a database pipeline, improving data quality and throughput.

validation data-quality scaling
Python
def validate_data(data, required_fields, constraints=None):
    """
    Basic validation helper demonstrating data-quality workflows
    before scaling (catches bad rows early, improves throughput).
    """
    constraints = constraints or {}

    errors = []
    for field in required_fields:
        if field not in d…
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