Data Testing Scenarios:
● Data Quality Checks:
○ Accuracy: Verify data matches source systems or expected values.
■ Scenario: Testing if customer addresses are correctly populated and linked to their
respective orders.
○ Completeness: Ensure all required fields are populated.
■ Scenario: Checking if all order details (customer ID, product ID, quantity, price) are
present in the order table.
○ Consistency: Verify data is consistent across different systems or within the same system.
■ Scenario: Ensuring customer contact information is the same in the customer master
table and order details.
○ Uniqueness: Ensure no duplicate records exist.
■ Scenario: Checking for duplicate customer IDs or order numbers.
○ Validity: Verify data conforms to predefined rules and formats.
■ Scenario: Validating email addresses, phone numbers, and date formats.
● Data Integrity Checks:
○ Referential Integrity: Verify relationships between tables are correctly maintained.
■ Scenario: Ensuring every order ID in the order details table has a corresponding order
in the orders table.
○ Domain Integrity: Verify data values fall within expected ranges or sets.
■ Scenario: Checking if product quantities are non-negative and within stock limits.
● Data Security Checks:
○ Data Masking: Verify sensitive data is appropriately masked or anonymized.
■ Scenario: Checking if credit card numbers are masked in audit logs.
○ Data Encryption: Verify sensitive data is encrypted at rest and in transit.
■ Scenario: Testing the encryption and decryption of sensitive data in databases and
during data transfers.
ETL Testing Scenarios:
● Source-to-Target Data Validation:
○ Data Volume: Verify the number of records extracted from the source system matches the
number loaded into the target system.
○ Data Completeness: Ensure all data from the source system is extracted and loaded into
the target system.
○ Data Accuracy: Verify the accuracy of data transformations and mappings during the ETL
process.
■ Scenario: Testing if currency conversions are applied correctly during the ETL process.
○ Data Consistency: Ensure data consistency is maintained throughout the ETL process.
■ Scenario: Checking for discrepancies in data values between the source and target
systems.
● ETL Process Flow Validation:
○ Control Flow: Verify the ETL process executes in the correct order and with the expected
frequency.
■ Scenario: Testing if the ETL job for daily sales updates runs successfully at the
scheduled time.
○ Error Handling: Verify the ETL process handles errors gracefully and recovers
appropriately.
■ Scenario: Simulating data source errors (e.g., missing files, network issues) and testing
the ETL process's error handling mechanisms.
○ Performance Testing: Verify the ETL process meets performance requirements (e.g.,
execution time, throughput).
■ Scenario: Measuring the execution time of the ETL job for large data volumes and
identifying performance bottlenecks.
● Data Quality Validation in the Target System:
○ Data Profiling: Perform data profiling on the target system to identify data quality issues.
■ Scenario: Generating data quality reports on the target system to identify missing
values, invalid data, and data inconsistencies.
○ Data Cleansing: Verify data cleansing rules are applied correctly in the target system.
■ Scenario: Testing if duplicate records are identified and handled correctly in the target
system.
Note: These are just a few examples, and the specific scenarios will vary depending on the
business requirements, data sources, and target systems involved.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you'd like more specific examples for a particular domain or
technology.
