Making use of define.xml generated by the generator for its dataset's validation

e Emi

on September 5, 2016

Hi team,

We'd like to validate a dataset before creating its define.xml by ourselves.

Does define.xml file automatically generated from the dataset to be checked itself also help the validation?

If so, please let me know about extra checking items to be achieved by specifing it in the Validator.

Regards,

Emi

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j Jenny

on September 8, 2016

Hi Emi, …

Hi Emi,

I am by no means an expert, but what I've found out so far is, that define.xml does not "help" the validation of xpt files.

Rather, supplying a define-file results in P21 running cross-reference checks between xpt files and define. For an overview of the checks, look in the validation report, sheet "Rules" and filter the Category column for "Meatadata", that seems to provide an overview.

What also happens when you supply a define-file is, that in the "Dataset Summary" sheet, Class and Label information for the xpt files is taken from the define-file. Which can be a bit confusing, since this can differ from how P21 classifies (and hence validates) data.

:-)
Jenny

e Emi

on September 8, 2016

Hi Jenny,…

Hi Jenny,

Thank you for your reply!
It helps me a lot since I don't have enough data to run a test. I didn't notice that specifying define.xml in the Validator runs cross-reference check.

Kind regards,
Emi