Empty features

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Definition

The empty features test allows you to select a feature and set expectations if it can be empty (only null values) or not.

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Taxonomy

• Category: Integrity.
• Task types: Tabular classification, tabular regression.
• Availability: development and monitoring.

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Why it matters

• Empty features contain no information and can indicate that there is a problem with the data collection/ingestion process.

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Test configuration examples

If you are writing a tests.json, here are a few valid configurations for the character length test:

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Related

• Empty feature count test.