Automation & Workflows
Data Validation
Data validation is checking information at the moment it is entered and refusing anything that cannot be right: an email with no at sign, a date in the past, a required box left blank. It stops bad records from ever existing. Validation is prevention, while cleaning is repair after the fact.
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