# Set Failure Threshold Levels
Pointblank Validation
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STEP COLUMNS VALUES TBL EVAL UNITS PASS FAIL W E C EXT
#4CA64C 1
col_vals_in_set()
item_type iap, ad ✓ 2000 2000
1.00		 0
0.00		 ○ ○ ○ --
#4CA64C 2
col_vals_regex()
player_id [A-Z]{12}\d{3} ✓ 2000 2000
1.00		 0
0.00		 ○ ○ ○ --
#EBBC14 3
col_vals_gt()
item_revenue 0.05 ✓ 2000 1701
0.85		 299
0.15		 ● ● ○ --
#AAAAAA 4
col_vals_gt()
session_duration 4 ✓ 2000 1993
1.00		 7
0.00		 ● ○ ○ --
#FF3300 5
col_exists()
end_day -- ✓ 1 0
0.00		 1
1.00		 ● ● ● --
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Notes

Step 4 (local_thresholds) Step-specific thresholds set with W:5|E:10|C:20.
``` python import pointblank as pb validation = ( pb.Validate( data=pb.load_dataset(dataset="game_revenue", tbl_type="duckdb"), thresholds=pb.Thresholds( # setting relative threshold defaults for all steps warning=0.05, # 5% failing test units: warning threshold (gray) error=0.10, # 10% failed test units: error threshold (yellow) critical=0.15 # 15% failed test units: critical threshold (red) ), ) .col_vals_in_set(columns="item_type", set=["iap", "ad"]) .col_vals_regex(columns="player_id", pattern=r"[A-Z]{12}\d{3}") .col_vals_gt(columns="item_revenue", value=0.05) .col_vals_gt( columns="session_duration", value=4, thresholds=(5, 10, 20) # setting absolute thresholds for *this* step (W, E, C) ) .col_exists(columns="end_day") .interrogate() ) validation ``` Preview of Input Table
DuckDBRows2,000Columns11
player_id string
session_id string
session_start timestamp
time timestamp
item_type string
item_name string
item_revenue float64
session_duration float64
start_day date
acquisition string
country string
1 ECPANOIXLZHF896 ECPANOIXLZHF896-eol2j8bs 2015-01-01 01:31:03+00:00 2015-01-01 01:31:27+00:00 iap offer2 8.99 16.3 2015-01-01 google Germany
2 ECPANOIXLZHF896 ECPANOIXLZHF896-eol2j8bs 2015-01-01 01:31:03+00:00 2015-01-01 01:36:57+00:00 iap gems3 22.49 16.3 2015-01-01 google Germany
3 ECPANOIXLZHF896 ECPANOIXLZHF896-eol2j8bs 2015-01-01 01:31:03+00:00 2015-01-01 01:37:45+00:00 iap gold7 107.99 16.3 2015-01-01 google Germany
4 ECPANOIXLZHF896 ECPANOIXLZHF896-eol2j8bs 2015-01-01 01:31:03+00:00 2015-01-01 01:42:33+00:00 ad ad_20sec 0.76 16.3 2015-01-01 google Germany
5 ECPANOIXLZHF896 ECPANOIXLZHF896-hdu9jkls 2015-01-01 11:50:02+00:00 2015-01-01 11:55:20+00:00 ad ad_5sec 0.03 35.2 2015-01-01 google Germany
1996 NAOJRDMCSEBI281 NAOJRDMCSEBI281-j2vs9ilp 2015-01-21 01:57:50+00:00 2015-01-21 02:02:50+00:00 ad ad_survey 1.332 25.8 2015-01-11 organic Norway
1997 NAOJRDMCSEBI281 NAOJRDMCSEBI281-j2vs9ilp 2015-01-21 01:57:50+00:00 2015-01-21 02:22:14+00:00 ad ad_survey 1.35 25.8 2015-01-11 organic Norway
1998 RMOSWHJGELCI675 RMOSWHJGELCI675-vbhcsmtr 2015-01-21 02:39:48+00:00 2015-01-21 02:40:00+00:00 ad ad_5sec 0.03 8.4 2015-01-10 other_campaign France
1999 RMOSWHJGELCI675 RMOSWHJGELCI675-vbhcsmtr 2015-01-21 02:39:48+00:00 2015-01-21 02:47:12+00:00 iap offer5 26.09 8.4 2015-01-10 other_campaign France
2000 GJCXNTWEBIPQ369 GJCXNTWEBIPQ369-9elq67md 2015-01-21 03:59:23+00:00 2015-01-21 04:06:29+00:00 ad ad_5sec 0.12 18.5 2015-01-14 organic United States