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Data Validation in ETL Pipelines

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You're building or maintaining ETL pipelines and want a clear approach for validating data before it reaches downstream tables. The goal is to catch bad records, schema issues, and business rule violations early, without blocking every load unnecessarily.

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What strategies do you use for data validation in ETL processes?