AI & BI use case · Data platform

Data Quality & Observability

Catch data errors before they land in the management report.

What it's about

Flawed or incomplete data undermines trust in every analytics and AI project. Automated quality checks and observability tools continuously monitor completeness, freshness and plausibility across your data pipelines, catching deviations before they affect reports or models.

  • Fewer flawed reports reaching management meetings.
  • Earlier detection of problems in source systems.
  • Greater trust in data-driven decisions.
Business case & ROI
−45 %

undetected data errors

x 4

faster error detection

70 Tage

to live monitoring

−20 %

effort spent troubleshooting

Calculated from the previous time between occurrence and detection of data errors.

How we do it
  1. 01

    Risk analysis

    We identify critical data pipelines with high error potential.

  2. 02

    Rule definition

    We define check rules for completeness and plausibility.

  3. 03

    Monitoring implementation

    We set up automated checks and alerting.

  4. 04

    Escalation process

    We define who gets notified for which type of error.

  5. 05

    Continuous improvement

    We continuously refine rules based on real incidents.

5

Steps

6

Data sources

4

Stakeholders

From first data access to production – every step delivers a tangible interim result.

Data typically needed

Pipeline metadata

Run and execution logs of data pipelines.

Reference values

Historical values for detecting outliers.

Schema information

Structure and type definitions of data sources.

Business rules

Business plausibility thresholds from domain teams.

System logs

Error and event logs of connected systems.

Usage statistics

Access and usage data of the affected datasets.

Stakeholders
  • Data engineering team

    Early alerts instead of complaints from business teams.

  • Controlling

    Reliable numbers without manual plausibility checks.

  • IT operations

    Clear ownership when data quality issues arise.

  • Executive management

    Lower risk of poor decisions caused by bad data.

Typical business value
01

Fewer flawed reports reaching management meetings.

02

Earlier detection of problems in source systems.

03

Greater trust in data-driven decisions.

04

Less time spent on after-the-fact troubleshooting.

05

A more stable foundation for AI and automation projects.

The data platform advantage

With a solid data foundation this use case gets faster, cheaper and far more stable.

A central platform enables quality checks in one place.

Existing metadata makes automated rule definitions easier.

Existing monitoring can be extended with quality checks.

Standardized pipelines simplify broad rollout.

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Synergies & positive side effects

Lakehouse architecture

Quality checks run directly along the bronze-silver-gold layers.

Data governance & permissions

Quality metrics feed into governance reporting.

MLOps & model operations

Clean training data sustainably improves model quality.