Lookup Value Valid

referential_integrityhigh

Validates that column values exist in a reference set or lookup table. Useful for status codes, country codes, category values, and any column that should only contain predefined valid values. Supports both inline value lists and lookup table references.

v1.0.0by dqhub714 downloads3.9 (31)

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Parameters

column_namestringrequired

The column containing email addresses

thresholdfloatdefault: 0.99

Minimum fraction of valid emails (0.0 to 1.0)

Compliance Mapping

SOXreferential-lookup-value-valid

BCBS239referential-lookup-value-valid

Install

soda

checks for {{table_name}}:
  - invalid_percent({{column_name}}) < {{(1 - threshold) * 100}}:
      valid regex: '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'

dbt

{% test valid_email(model, column_name) %}
select {{ column_name }}
from {{ model }}
where {{ column_name }} not regexp '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
{% endtest %}

sql

SELECT COUNT(*) as total,
  SUM(CASE WHEN {{column_name}} REGEXP
    '^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
    THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as valid
FROM {{table_name}}

Great Expectations

{
  "expectation_type": "expect_column_values_to_match_regex",
  "kwargs": {
    "column": "{{column_name}}",
    "regex": "^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$",
    "mostly": {{threshold}}
  }
}

spark

from pyspark.sql.functions import col
pattern = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
invalid = df.filter(~col("{{column_name}}").rlike(pattern)).count()

Test Data

Passing Examples

id	value
1	alice@example.com
2	bob.smith@company.co.uk
3	charlie+tag@domain.org

Failing Examples

id	value
1	not-an-email
2	@missing-local.com
3	spaces in@email.com

CLI

Terminal

npx dqhub install referential-lookup-value-valid --format soda --table YOUR_TABLE
npx dqhub install referential-lookup-value-valid --format dbt --model YOUR_MODEL
npx dqhub install referential-lookup-value-valid --format sql --dialect snowflake