Viewing and verifying column analysis results

You can view the results of a column analysis job to understand the current quality of the data, identify inconsistencies between values and attributes, identify incomplete data, and determine which additional analytical functions you should perform.

Before you begin

You must be an IBM® InfoSphere® Information Analyzer User with Business Analyst or Data Steward privileges.

About this task

By viewing the results of a column analysis job, you can view key results and begin the review process. Each step in the review process is supported with a detailed review screen that contains or has access to all of the relevant data for that function.

Procedure

  1. On the Investigate navigator menu of the console, select Column Analysis.
  2. On the Column Analysis workspace, select the columns that you want to view results for.
  3. On the Tasks pane, click Open Column Analysis.
  4. In the View Analysis Summary pane, review the summary of the column analysis job. Note columns where flags appear. These flags indicate that there is a change or an inconsistency in the data.

What to do next

Click View Details to view additional details of the analysis, add notes to the analysis, modify inferred results, or run additional analyses.