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In Intelligence Dashboards

There are two validation widgets available in Intelligence dashboards:

Property Checker

The Property Checker is an Intelligence widget that provides spot checking of one property at a time:
  • Create validation rules directly in the dashboard widget
  • View pass/fail results in a donut chart with percentages
  • See validation steps showing how many elements pass each WHERE, AND, and CHECK condition
  • Colorize the 3D viewer based on pass/fail results
  • Get real-time validation against dashboard data sources
  • View breakdown by property to analyze validation results across different property values
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Property Checker shows the outcome of each rule you configure:
  • Pass rate percentage displayed in the center of the donut chart
  • Passed vs. Failed counts for elements that reached the CHECK step
  • Validation chain steps showing how many elements pass each filter condition
  • Human-readable rule description explaining what the rule checks
This is particularly useful for quick, ad-hoc validation checks of individual properties within a dashboard.
Property Checker validates against the data sources in your dashboard, making it perfect for ad-hoc validation checks of individual properties. For validation at scale with automation integration, use Model Validation (Enterprise) or Automated Validation (Enterprise).

Model Validation

Model Validation is an Intelligence widget that checks a single model against a ruleset defined as many Property Checks. It uses Automated Validation (Automate) under the hood to enable validation at scale and is an Enterprise feature.
  • Validates a single model against a complete ruleset
  • Rules can be defined as ERROR, WARNING, or INFO which will proportionally contribute to an overall validation score.
  • View comprehensive validation results in dashboards
  • Uses Automated Validation for comprehensive validation
  • Enterprise feature (requires Automate)

Breakdown Tab

The Breakdown tab allows you to analyze validation results by grouping them according to properties from your model objects. This helps you identify patterns in validation failures across different categories, types, or other property values. To use the Breakdown tab:
  1. Ensure validation has run and results are available (check the Summary tab)
  2. Navigate to the Breakdown tab
  3. Select a property from the dropdown to view validation results grouped by that property’s values
  4. The chart will update to show pass/fail rates for each property value
Property Selection Requirements: The property dropdown in the Breakdown tab will only be usable when:
  • Validation rules are configured and have been executed
  • Validation results are available (check the Summary tab to confirm)
  • Model objects with validation results are accessible
  • Properties exist on the model objects that have validation results
If the property dropdown is disabled even though validation has run:
  • Verify that the model source is properly connected and loaded
  • Check that validation results include object references
  • Ensure the model objects have properties that can be used for breakdown
  • Try refreshing the validation results or re-running the validation

Rules tab

For every Rule in a Model Validation ruleset you can review the results as per the Property Checker widget.

Understanding Results

Rule Status

Each rule in your ruleset will show:
  • Pass - All elements passed the validation
  • Fail - Some elements failed the validation
  • Not Applied - Rule couldn’t be evaluated (e.g., no matching elements)

Element Status

Each model element will show:
  • Which rules it passed or failed
  • The severity of any failures
  • The message associated with each failure

Best Practices

Regular Review

Set up regular reviews of validation results to catch issues early in your workflow.

Team Collaboration

Share results with your team to ensure everyone is aware of validation issues and can address them promptly.

FAQ

A rule shows as “Not Applied” when it couldn’t be evaluated, typically because no elements matched the WHERE condition. This is normal and doesn’t indicate an error.
Yes, Property Checker in Intelligence dashboards lets you create validation rules directly in your dashboard and see the outcomes of individual rules. Property Checker displays pass/fail percentages, validation step counts, and can colorize the 3D viewer based on results. This is perfect for quick, ad-hoc validation checks of individual properties within a dashboard.For validating a single model against a complete ruleset, use Model Validation (Enterprise feature), which uses Automated Validation under the hood.
The property selection dropdown in the Breakdown tab requires that:
  • Validation has been executed and results are available
  • Model objects with validation results are accessible and have properties
  • The model source is properly connected to the validation widget
If the dropdown remains disabled after validation has run, it may indicate that the model objects need to be loaded or that properties aren’t available on the validated objects. Try refreshing the validation results or ensuring the model viewer widget is properly connected as the data source.