1. 2.4 Business Architecture For ESS Validation
Q2018 Conference
Training course on Data Integration and Validation
Krakow, 26 June 2018

3. Business Architecture
What it does?
Where does it take place?
As-is situation
To-be state and validation principles
Severity levels and data acceptance process

4. What does the business architecture for validation do?
Sets basic principles for validation in the ESS
Defines the to-be state
Clarifies the roles of Eurostat and Member States in the validation of data sent to Eurostat
Clarifies how common validation services could be used by Member States and Eurostat

5. Focus of ESS.VIP Validation
NSI
ESTAT
Validation takes place in several points of the ESS statistical production process

6. As-is situation

7. To-be state and Validation Principles
KISS
Where would you put principle ?
The sooner, the better
Well documented validation errors
KISS (Keep It Short and Simple)
Comply or explain
Good enough is the new perfect
Well-documented validation rules
Trust, but verify
Well documented validation errors
The sooner, the better
Well-documented validation rules
Comply or explain A C
Good enough is the new perfect D B
Trust, but verify

8. Severity levels and acceptance
Errors: Wrong values. Data containing errors are not considered acceptable.
Warnings: suspicious values. Data with warnings may be accepted after justification.
Information: Potentially suspicious values. Do not usually require further justification for acceptance.
Minimum standard for compliance:
data with no errors must be received before deadline

9. To VALIDATE we need…