When loading your file into data.world, the following warnings may be generated. These warnings will only be visible to the dataset owner and any contributors with write access to the dataset.
Warnings are informational only and may be ignored.
Structural Warnings
Empty Columns |
This column is blank |
Duplicate Rows |
This row is a duplicate of the one above it. |
Likely row truncation |
Possible row truncation. The number of characters in this row could indicate that some amount of data was clipped. |
Likely column truncation |
Possible column truncation. The number of characters in a given field could indicate that some amount of data was clipped. |
Suspiciously round numbers of rows |
Suspiciously round number of rows. I.e. exactly 1000 rows. Perhaps this isn’t the full data, but rather a subset. |
Rare blank cells in columns |
A column which contains mostly filled values has some small number left blank. |
Text
String truncation |
Possible string truncation. |
Likely noise text |
This text looks like a placeholder (i.e. qwerty, asdf) |
String length outlier |
This text looks [longer or shorter] than the rest |
Noise
Mostly numeric columns with rare (non-N/A) text |
This value doesn't look like a number |
Occasional percentage or currency numbers |
This value doesn't look like a number |
Numeric
Numeric outlier |
This number looks way too [big or small] |
Likely noise numbers |
This number looks like a placeholder |
Numeric truncation |
Possible Numeric Truncation |
Security / PII
Social security numbers |
This column may contain social security numbers |
Credit card numbers |
This column may contain credit card numbers |
Phone numbers |
This column may contain phone numbers |
Email addresses |
This column may contain email addresses |
Geospatial
Country name/abbreviation actually exists |
This cell doesn't contain a valid country name |
State name actually exists |
This cell doesn't contain a valid state name |
State abbreviation actually exists |
This cell doesn't contain a valid state abbreviation |