Data Validation
SnowConvert AI, as part of the end-to-end experience, offers the option to validate the migrated data to Snowflake to ensure that it matches the data that was originally hosted in your database.
Data Validation Modes
The data validation feature employs two distinct validation levels, Schema Validations and Metrics Validations, to ensure your data is successfully migrated to Snowflake.
Schema Validations
Schema validation confirms that the basic structure of your migrated table is preserved in Snowflake. It validates the following table attributes:
Table name
Column names
Ordinal position of each column
Data types
Character maximum length for text columns
Numeric precision and scale for numeric columns
Row Count
Metrics Validations
Metrics validation focuses on verifying that the data itself matches the original source. This is achieved by comparing aggregate metrics between the original table and the new Snowflake table. While the specific metrics can vary by column data type, the feature generally evaluates the following:
Minimum value
Maximum value
Average
Nulls count
Distinct count
Standard deviation
Variance
How to use this feature
For accurate validation and to avoid false negatives, the data must not be altered during the validation process.
This feature is an optional step within the end-to-end SQL Server migration process. It provides data validations after you've used SnowConvert AI to move your data.
Prerequisites
This feature requires Python ≥ 3.9 or < 3.13 to be installed and available in your PATH.
To verify that Python is available in your PATH:
Run
python --versionin your terminal (or Command Prompt on Windows)Confirm the version meets the requirements above
Usage
When the Data migration step is finalized, a Data Validation Step will be available to verify that your data is correct.
Once the Validate Data step initiates, it will verify that you have Python available and will set up a virtual environment to execute the Data Validation tool.
Python environment setup If the Python environment is successful, it will initiate the data validation by performing the validation modes explained above.
After it finishes, a report will be generated, and a summary table will be displayed so you can see the discrepancies in the table. Also, a CSV file report is generated so you can visualize and share it.
The validation results are classified into three categories:
Values match exactly between the source database and Snowflake.
Snowflake table has minor differences (e.g. higher numeric precision) that don't impact data.
Values do not match between the original and Snowflake databases.
Finally, you can open the reports folder and get access to the generated CSV reports.
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