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Version: 0.14.13

Migration Guide

While we are committed to keeping Great Expectations as stable as possible, sometimes breaking changes are necessary to maintain our trajectory. This is especially true as the library has evolved from just a data quality tool to a more capable framework including data docs and profilers as well as validation.

The Batch Request (V3) API was introduced as part of the 0.13 major release of Great Expectations, with an improved Checkpoints feature introduced as part of the 0.13.7 release. The Batch Request (V3) API includes a group of new features based on "new style" Datasources and Modular Expectations, as well as a deprecation of Validation Operators. These offer a number of advantages including an improved experience around deploying and maintaining Great Expectations in production.

Note on V3 Expectations

A small number of Expectations have not been fully migrated to V3, and will be very soon. These currently include:

  • expect_column_bootstrapped_ks_test_p_value_to_be_greater_than
  • expect_column_parameterized_distribution_ks_test_p_value_to_be_greater_than
  • expect_column_chisquare_test_p_value_to_be_greater_than
  • expect_column_kl_divergence_to_be_less_than
  • expect_column_pair_cramers_phi_value_to_be_less_than

Migrating to the Batch Request (V3) API​

As of version 0.14.0, the V3 API is the preferred method of interacting with GE. We highly recommend that you migrate to working with the V3 API as soon as possible. Please make sure you're using the latest version of GE before beginning your migration!

The migration involves two parts: first, using an automated CLI tool to upgrade the config file and Data Stores, and second, manually upgrading Datasources and Checkpoints. To begin the migration from the V2 to the V3 API, please do the following:

Check configuration using Great Expectations CLI​

The Great Expectations CLI contains a tool that will check your configuration and determine if it needs to be migrated. To perform this check, run the project check-config command in your project folder: 

great_expectations project check-config

If your configuration is up-to-date and does not need to be upgraded, you will see the following message: 

Using v3 (Batch Request) API
Checking your config files for validity...

Your config file appears valid!

If your configuration needs to be upgraded, you will see a message like this: 

Using v3 (Batch Request) API
Checking your config files for validity...

Unfortunately, your config appears to be invalid:

The config_version of your great_expectations.yml -- 2.0 -- is outdated.
Please consult the V3 API migration guide https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api and
upgrade your Great Expectations configuration to version 3.0 in order to take advantage of the latest capabilities.

If the check-config method has recommended that you upgrade your configuration, you can run the following project upgrade command in your project directory. 

great_expectations project upgrade

Then you will see the following prompt:

Using v3 (Batch Request) API

Checking project...

================================================================================

You appear to be using a legacy capability with the latest config version (3.0).
    Your data context with this configuration version uses validation_operators, which are being deprecated.  Please consult the V3 API migration guide https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api and update your configuration to be compatible with the version number 3.
    (This message will appear repeatedly until your configuration is updated.)

Checkpoint store named "checkpoint_store" is not a configured store, so will try to use default Checkpoint store.
  Please update your configuration to the new version number 3.0 in order to use the new "Checkpoint Store" feature.
  Visit https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api to learn more about the upgrade process.
++====================================++
|| UpgradeHelperV13: Upgrade Overview ||
++====================================++

UpgradeHelperV13 will upgrade your project to be compatible with Great Expectations V3 API.

**WARNING**: Before proceeding, please make sure you have appropriate backups of your project.

Automated Steps
================

The following Stores and/or Store Names will be upgraded:

    - Stores: checkpoint_store
    - Store Names: checkpoint_store_name

Manual Steps
=============

The following Checkpoints must be upgraded manually, due to using the old Checkpoint format, which is being deprecated:

    - Checkpoints: test_v2_checkpoint

The following Data Sources must be upgraded manually, due to using the old Datasource format, which is being deprecated:

    - Data Sources: my_datasource

Your configuration uses validation_operators, which are being deprecated.  Please, manually convert validation_operators to use the new Checkpoint validation unit, since validation_operators will be deleted.


Upgrade Confirmation
=====================

Please consult the V3 API migration guide for instructions on how to complete any required manual steps or to learn more about the automated upgrade process:

    https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api

Would you like to proceed with the project upgrade? [Y/n]:

If you select Y, then the following upgrade will automatically occur: 

Upgrading project...

================================================================================

You appear to be using a legacy capability with the latest config version (3.0).
    Your data context with this configuration version uses validation_operators, which are being deprecated.  Please consult the V3 API migration guide https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api and update your configuration to be compatible with the version number 3.
    (This message will appear repeatedly until your configuration is updated.)

++================++
|| Upgrade Report ||
++================++

The Upgrade Helper has performed the automated upgrade steps as part of upgrading your project to be compatible with Great Expectations V3 API, and the config_version of your great_expectations.yml has been automatically incremented to 3.0.  However, manual steps are required in order for the upgrade process to be completed successfully.

A log detailing the upgrade can be found here:

    - /Users/work/Development/great_expectations/tests/test_fixtures/configuration_for_testing_v2_v3_migration/v2/great_expectations/uncommitted/logs/project_upgrades/UpgradeHelperV13_20211026T203114.461738Z.json
You appear to be using a legacy capability with the latest config version (3.0).
    Your data context with this configuration version uses validation_operators, which are being deprecated.  Please consult the V3 API migration guide https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api and update your configuration to be compatible with the version number 3.
    (This message will appear repeatedly until your configuration is updated.)

Your project requires manual upgrade steps in order to be up-to-date.

You appear to be using a legacy capability with the latest config version (3.0).
    Your data context with this configuration version uses validation_operators, which are being deprecated.  Please consult the V3 API migration guide https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/guides/miscellaneous/migration_guide#migrating-to-the-batch-request-v3-api and update your configuration to be compatible with the version number 3.
    (This message will appear repeatedly until your configuration is updated.)

Now you are ready to manually migrate Datasources and Checkpoints to be compatible with the V3 API.

Manually migrate Datasources from V2 to V3​

The first manual step needed is to convert the V2-style Datasource to a V3-style one. The following documentation contains examples for data read-in using pandas, spark, and a database, using postgresql as an example.

tip

The configurations for pandas, spark and postgresql shown in this guide are available as part of the great-expectations repository. Please feel free to use the complete-and-working configurations found here to help with your migration.

The V2-style Datasource has:

  • Data-type specific Datasource, like the PandasDatasource in our example below.
  • Data-type specific Datasets, like the PandasDataset in our example below.
  • batch_kwargs_generators like the SubdirReaderBatchKwargsGenerator in our example below.

The V3-style Datasource has:

  • Datasource that is agnostic to datatype.
  • Datatype-specific ExecutionEngine, like the PandasExecutionEngine in our example below.
  • Data-specific DataConnectors, like the InferredAssetFilesystemDataConnector in our example below.

V2-Style Datasource​ 

datasources:
  my_datasource:
    class_name: PandasDatasource
    module_name: great_expectations.datasource
    data_asset_type:
      module_name: great_expectations.dataset
      class_name: PandasDataset
    batch_kwargs_generators:
      subdir_reader:
        class_name: SubdirReaderBatchKwargsGenerator
        base_directory: ../../../data/

V3-Style Datasource​ 

datasources:
  my_datasource:
    module_name: great_expectations.datasource
    class_name: Datasource
    execution_engine:
      module_name: great_expectations.execution_engine
      class_name: PandasExecutionEngine
    data_connectors:
      default_inferred_data_connector_name:
        class_name: InferredAssetFilesystemDataConnector
        base_directory: ../../../data/
        module_name: great_expectations.datasource.data_connector
        default_regex:
          group_names:
            - data_asset_name
          pattern: (.*)
More details on base_directory
The base_directory is set to ../../../data/ according to the example Pandas configuration which can be found in the great_expectations repository.

Migrating Datasource configurations that contain connections to the cloud or databases involve additional parameters like credentials that are specific to each configuration. The how-to-guides for Great Expectations contain numerous examples of V3 configurations that can be used for these various situations. Please check out our documentation on Connecting to your Data for examples on V3-style Datasource configurations that will suit your needs.

Manually Migrate V2 Checkpoints to V3 Checkpoints​

tip

Before doing the migration, we recommend that you create a backup of your V2 Checkpoints. Checkpoints are typically stored as .yml configuration files in the checkpoints/ directory of your great_expectations/ folder. We recommend that you make a backup copy of these files or the directory.

In Great Expectations version 0.13.7, we introduced an improved Checkpoints feature, which allowed Checkpoints to utilize features the V3 API. As a result, Checkpoints are now able to filter and sort batches from configured datasources, introspect and partition tables as batches, with multi-batch Expectations soon to come. As part of these design improvements, Validation Operators (originally located in the great_expectations.yml file) were combined into Checkpoint configurations.

This means that, although Validation Operators were run directly from the DataContext in V2, they are now run by Checkpoints in V3 as part of action_list items. This change offers a convenient abstraction for running Validations and ensures that all actions associated with running validations are included in one place, rather than split up between the great_expectations.yml file and Checkpoint configuration.

The example below demonstrates how a V2 to V3 migration can be performed for an existing V2 Checkpoint.

The example V2-style Checkpoint contains:

  • A LegacyCheckpoint, with no config_version (versions were introduced as part of V3-style Checkpoints).
  • A validation_operator_name that contains a reference to Validation Operators that are configured in the great_expectations.yml file, like action_list_operator in our example below.
  • Reference to batch_kwargs, like in our example below.

The example V3-style Checkpoint contains:

  • A Checkpoint class with config_version populated (1.0 in our example below).
  • A list of validations, which contain BatchRequests that will be used to run the Checkpoint.
  • A action_list, which contain a list of actions associated with the Validation Results (e.g., saving them for a later review, sending notifications in case of failures, etc.). These were known as Validation Operators in V2-style Checkpoints.
Migrating ExpectationSuites

ExpectationSuites that were created in the V2-API will work in the V3-API without needing to be modified. However, ExpectationSuites also contain metadata describing the batch that was used to create the original ExpectationSuite object (under the citations field). For a suite that was created in V2, this metadata will contain batch_kwargs, and V3 suites will contain a batch_request.

If you choose to do so, the citation metadata can be migrated using the same pattern for migrating batch_kwargs to batch_request described below.

V2-Style Checkpoint​ 

# in the test_v2_checkpoint.yml file
name: test_v2_checkpoint
config_version:
module_name: great_expectations.checkpoint
class_name: LegacyCheckpoint
validation_operator_name: action_list_operator
batches:
  - batch_kwargs:
      path: ../../data/Titanic.csv
      datasource: my_datasource
      data_asset_name: Titanic.csv
    expectation_suite_names:
      - Titanic.profiled
More details on path
The path for batch_kwargs is set to ../../data/Titanic.csv according to the example Pandas configuration which can be found in the great_expectations repository.

The Validation Operator named action_list_operator would be part of the great_expectations.yml file. 

validation_operators:
  action_list_operator:
    class_name: ActionListValidationOperator
    action_list:
      - name: store_validation_result
        action:
          class_name: StoreValidationResultAction
      - name: store_evaluation_params
        action:
          class_name: StoreEvaluationParametersAction
      - name: update_data_docs
        action:
          class_name: UpdateDataDocsAction

V3-Style Checkpoint​

Here is the equivalent configuration in V3-style. Notice that the Validation Operators have been migrated into the action_list field in the Checkpoint configuration. In addition, you will also need to remove the Validation Operations from great_expectations.yml as a manual step. Also, notice the batch_request that refers to the data asset rather than batch_kwargs.

For additional examples on how to configure V3-style checkpoints, including how to use test_yaml_config to build advanced configurations, please refer to our documentation here: 

# in the test_v3_checkpoint.yml file
name: test_v3_checkpoint
config_version: 1.0 # Note this is the version of the Checkpoint configuration, and not the great_expectations.yml configuration
template_name:
module_name: great_expectations.checkpoint
class_name: Checkpoint
run_name_template: '%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-my-run-name-template'
expectation_suite_name:
batch_request:
action_list:
  - name: store_validation_result
    action:
      class_name: StoreValidationResultAction
  - name: store_evaluation_params
    action:
      class_name: StoreEvaluationParametersAction
  - name: update_data_docs
    action:
      class_name: UpdateDataDocsAction
      site_names: []
evaluation_parameters: {}
runtime_configuration: {}
validations:
  - batch_request:
      datasource_name: my_datasource
      data_connector_name: default_inferred_data_connector_name
      data_asset_name: Titanic.csv
      data_connector_query:
        index: -1
    expectation_suite_name: Titanic.profiled
profilers: []
ge_cloud_id:
expectation_suite_ge_cloud_id:
More details on data_asset_name
The data_asset_name for batch_request is set to Titanic.csv according to the example Pandas configuration which can be found in the great_expectations repository.

If the update was successful, then you should be able to see the updated Checkpoint test_v3_checkpoint by running great_expectations checkpoint list. 

Using v3 (Batch Request) API
Found 1 Checkpoint.
 - test_v3_checkpoint

Finally, you can check if your migration has worked by running your new V3-style Checkpoint. 

great_expectations checkpoint run test_v3_checkpoint

If everything is successful, then you should see output similar to below.: 

Using v3 (Batch Request) API
Calculating Metrics: 100%|████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [00:00<00:00, 604.83it/s]
Validation succeeded!

Suite Name                                   Status     Expectations met
- Titanic.profiled                           ✔ Passed   2 of 2 (100.0 %)

Congratulations! You have successfully migrated your configuration of Great Expectations to be compatible with the V3-API.

Upgrading from previous versions of Great Expectations​

Since each major version introduces breaking changes that can have unintended interactions when combined with other changes, we recommend that you only upgrade 1 major version at a time. Notes from previous migration guides are included for reference.

Upgrading to 0.12.x​

The 0.12.0 release makes a small but breaking change to the add_expectation, remove_expectation, and find_expectations methods. To update your code, replace the expectation_type, column, or kwargs arguments with an Expectation Configuration object. For more information on the match_type parameter, see Expectation Suite Operations

For example, using the old API:

    remove_expectation(
      expectation_type="expect_column_values_to_be_in_set",
      column="city",
      expectation_kwargs={"value_set": ["New York","London","Tokyo"]}
    )

Using the new API:

    remove_expectation(
      ExpectationConfiguration(
        expectation_type="expect_column_values_to_be_in_set",
        column="city",
        expectation_kwargs={
          "column": "city",
           "value_set": ["New York","London","Tokyo"]
           }
      ),
      match_type="success"
    )

Upgrading to 0.11.x​

The 0.11.0 release has several breaking changes related to run_id and ValidationMetric objects. Existing projects that have Expectation Suite Validation Results or configured evaluation parameter stores with DatabaseStoreBackend backends must be migrated.

In addition, ValidationOperator.run now returns an instance of new type, ValidationOperatorResult (instead of a dictionary). If your code uses output from Validation Operators, it must be updated.

run_id and ValidationMetric Changes​

run_id is now typed using the new RunIdentifier class, with optional run_name and run_time instantiation arguments. The run_name can be any string (this could come from your pipeline runner, e.g. Airflow run id). The run_time can be either a dateutil parsable string or a datetime object. Note - any provided datetime will be assumed to be a UTC time. If no instantiation arguments are provided, run_name will be None (and appear as __none__ in stores) and run_time will default to the current UTC datetime. This change affects all Great Expectations classes that have a run_id attribute as well as any functions or methods that accept a run_id argument.

data_asset_name (if available) is now added to batch_kwargs by batch_kwargs_generators. Because of this newly exposed key in batch_kwargs, ValidationMetric and associated ValidationMetricIdentifier objects now have a data_asset_name attribute.

The affected classes that are relevant to existing projects are ValidationResultIdentifier and ValidationMetricIdentifier, as well as any configured stores that rely on these classes for keys, namely stores of type ValidationsStore (and subclasses) or EvaluationParameterStore (and other subclasses of MetricStore). In addition, because Expectation Suite Validation Result json objects have a run_id key, existing validation result json files must be updated with a new typed run_id.

Migrating Your 0.10.x Project​

Before performing any of the following migration steps, please make sure you have appropriate backups of your project.

Great Expectations has a CLI Upgrade Helper that helps automate all or most of the migration process (affected stores with database backends will still have to be migrated manually). The CLI tool makes use of a new class called UpgradeHelperV11. For reference, the UpgradeHelperV11 class is located at great_expectations.cli.upgrade_helpers.upgrade_helper_v11.

To use the CLI Upgrade Helper, enter the following command: great_expectations project upgrade

The Upgrade Helper will check your project and guide you through the upgrade process.

info

The following instructions detail the steps required to upgrade your project manually. The migration steps are written in the order they should be completed. They are also provided in the event that the Upgrade Helper is unable to complete a fully automated upgrade and some user intervention is required.

0. Code That Uses Great Expectations​

If you are using any Great Expectations methods that accept a run_id argument, you should update your code to pass in the new RunIdentifier type (or a dictionary with run_name and run_time keys). For now, methods with a run_id parameter will continue to accept strings. In this case, the provided run_id string will be converted to a RunIdentifier object, acting as the run_name. If the run_id string can also be parsed as a datetime, it will also be used for the run_time attribute, otherwise, the current UTC time is used. All times are assumed to be UTC times.

If your code uses output from Validation Operators, it must be updated to handle the new ValidationOperatorResult type.

1. Expectation Suite Validation Result JSONs​

Each existing Expectation Suite Validation Result JSON in your project should be updated with a typed run_id. The run_id key is found under the top-level meta key. You can use the current run_id string as the new run_name (or select a different one). If the current run_id is already a datetime string, you can also use it for the run_time as well, otherwise, we suggest using the last modified datetime of the validation result.

info

Subsequent migration steps will make use of this new run_time when generating new paths/keys for validation result jsons and their Data Docs html pages. Please ensure the run_time in these paths/keys match the run_time in the corresponding validation result. Similarly, if you decide to use a different value for run_name instead of reusing an existing run_id string, make sure this is reflected in the new paths/keys.

For example, an existing validation result json with run_id="my_run" should be updated to look like the following:: 

  {
  "meta": {
    "great_expectations_version": "0.10.8",
    "expectation_suite_name": "diabetic_data.warning",
    "run_id": {
      "run_name": "my_run",
      "run_time": "20200507T065044.404158Z"
    },
    ...
  },
  ...
  }

2. Stores and their Backends​

Stores rely on special identifier classes to serve as keys when getting or setting values. When the signature of an identifier class changes, any existing stores that rely on that identifier must be updated. Specifically, the structure of that store's backend must be modified to conform to the new identifier signature.

For example, in a v0.10.x project, you might have an Expectation Suite Validation Result with the following ValidationResultIdentifier:: 

  v10_identifier = ValidationResultIdentifier(
    expectation_suite_identifier=ExpectationSuiteIdentifier(expectation_suite_name="my_suite_name"),
    run_id="my_string_run_id",
    batch_identifier="some_batch_identifier"
  )

A configured ValidationsStore with a TupleFilesystemStoreBackend (and default config) would use this identifier to generate the following filepath for writing the validation result to a file (and retrieving it at a later time):: 

  v10_filepath = "great_expectations/uncommitted/validations/my_suite_name/my_string_run_id/some_batch_identifier.json"

In a v0.11.x project, the ValidationResultIdentifier and corresponding filepath would look like the following:: 

  v11_identifier = ValidationResultIdentifier(
    expectation_suite_identifier=ExpectationSuiteIdentifier(expectation_suite_name="my_suite_name"),
    run_id=RunIdentifier(run_name="my_string_run_name", run_time="2020-05-08T20:51:18.077262"),
    batch_identifier="some_batch_identifier"
  )
  v11_filepath = "great_expectations/uncommitted/validations/my_suite_name/my_string_run_name/2020-05-08T20:51:18.077262/some_batch_identifier.json"

When migrating to v0.11.x, you would have to move all existing validation results to new filepaths. For a particular validation result, you might move the file like this::

os.makedirs(v11_filepath, exist_ok=True) # create missing directories from v11 filepath shutil.move(v10_filepath, v11_filepath) # move validation result json file

The following sections detail the changes you must make to existing store backends.

2a. Validations Store Backends​

For validations stores with backends of type TupleFilesystemStoreBackend, TupleS3StoreBackend, or TupleGCSStoreBackend, rename paths (or object keys) of all existing Expectation Suite Validation Result json files:

Before

great_expectations/uncommitted/validations/my_suite_name/my_run_id/some_batch_identifier.json

After

great_expectations/uncommitted/validations/my_suite_name/my_run_id/my_run_time/batch_identifier.json

For validations stores with backends of type DatabaseStoreBackend, perform the following database migration:

  • add string column with name run_name; copy values from run_id column
  • add string column with name run_time; fill with appropriate dateutil parsable values
  • delete run_id column

2b. Evaluation Parameter Store Backends​

If you have any configured evaluation parameter stores that use a DatabaseStoreBackend backend, you must perform the following migration for each database backend:

  • add string column with name data_asset_name; fill with appropriate values or use "none"
  • add string column with name run_name; copy values from run_id column
  • add string column with name run_time; fill with appropriate dateutil parsable values
  • delete run_id column

2c. Data Docs Validations Store Backends​

info

If you are okay with rebuilding your Data Docs sites, you can skip the migration steps in this section. Instead, you should should run the following CLI command, but only after you have completed the above migration steps: great_expectations docs clean --all && great_expectations docs build.

For Data Docs sites with store backends of type TupleFilesystemStoreBackend, TupleS3StoreBackend, or TupleGCSStoreBackend, rename paths (or object keys) of all existing Expectation Suite Validation Result html files:

Before

great_expectations/uncommitted/data_docs/my_site_name/validations/my_suite_name/my_run_id/some_batch_identifier.html

After

great_expectations/uncommitted/data_docs/my_site_name/validations/my_suite_name/my_run_id/my_run_time/batch_identifier.html

Upgrading to 0.10.x​

In the 0.10.0 release, there are several breaking changes to the DataContext API.

Most are related to the clarified naming BatchKwargsGenerators.

So, if you are using methods on the data context that used to have an argument named generators, you will need to update that code to use the more precise name batch_kwargs_generators.

For example, in the method DataContext.get_available_data_asset_names the parameter generator_names is now batch_kwargs_generator_names.

If you are using BatchKwargsGenerators in your project config, follow these steps to upgrade your existing Great Expectations project:

  • Edit your great_expectations.yml file and change the key generators to batch_kwargs_generators.
  • Run a simple command such as: great_expectations datasource list and ensure you see a list of datasources.

Upgrading to 0.9.x​

In the 0.9.0 release, there are several changes to the DataContext API.

Follow these steps to upgrade your existing Great Expectations project:

  • In the terminal navigate to the parent of the great_expectations directory of your project.

  • Run this command:

    great_expectations project check-config

  • For every item that needs to be renamed the command will display a message that looks like this: The class name 'X' has changed to 'Y'. Replace all occurrences of X with Y in your project's great_expectations.yml config file.

  • After saving the config file, rerun the check-config command.

  • Depending on your configuration, you will see 3-6 of these messages.

  • The command will display this message when done: Your config file appears valid!.

  • Rename your Expectation Suites to make them compatible with the new naming. Save this Python code snippet in a file called update_project.py, then run it using the command: python update_project.py PATH_TO_GE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY: 

    # !/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import os
import json
import uuid
import shutil


def update_validation_result_name(validation_result):
    data_asset_name = validation_result["meta"].get("data_asset_name")
    if data_asset_name is None:
        print("    No data_asset_name in this validation result. Unable to update it.")
        return
    data_asset_name_parts = data_asset_name.split("/")
    if len(data_asset_name_parts) != 3:
        print("    data_asset_name in this validation result does not appear to be normalized. Unable to update it.")
        return
    expectation_suite_suffix = validation_result["meta"].get("expectation_suite_name")
    if expectation_suite_suffix is None:
        print("    No expectation_suite_name found in this validation result. Unable to update it.")
        return
    expectation_suite_name = ".".join(
        data_asset_name_parts +
        [expectation_suite_suffix]
    )
    validation_result["meta"]["expectation_suite_name"] = expectation_suite_name
    try:
        del validation_result["meta"]["data_asset_name"]
    except KeyError:
        pass


def update_expectation_suite_name(expectation_suite):
    data_asset_name = expectation_suite.get("data_asset_name")
    if data_asset_name is None:
        print("    No data_asset_name in this expectation suite. Unable to update it.")
        return
    data_asset_name_parts = data_asset_name.split("/")
    if len(data_asset_name_parts) != 3:
        print("    data_asset_name in this expectation suite does not appear to be normalized. Unable to update it.")
        return
    expectation_suite_suffix = expectation_suite.get("expectation_suite_name")
    if expectation_suite_suffix is None:
        print("    No expectation_suite_name found in this expectation suite. Unable to update it.")
        return
    expectation_suite_name = ".".join(
        data_asset_name_parts +
        [expectation_suite_suffix]
    )
    expectation_suite["expectation_suite_name"] = expectation_suite_name
    try:
        del expectation_suite["data_asset_name"]
    except KeyError:
        pass


def update_context_dir(context_root_dir):
    # Update expectation suite names in expectation suites
    expectations_dir = os.path.join(context_root_dir, "../../reference/expectations")
    for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(expectations_dir):
        for file in files:
            if file.endswith(".json"):
                print("Migrating suite located at: " + str(os.path.join(subdir, file)))
                with open(os.path.join(subdir, file), 'r') as suite_fp:
                    suite = json.load(suite_fp)
                update_expectation_suite_name(suite)
                with open(os.path.join(subdir, file), 'w') as suite_fp:
                    json.dump(suite, suite_fp)
    # Update expectation suite names in validation results
    validations_dir = os.path.join(context_root_dir, "../../../uncommitted", "validations")
    for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(validations_dir):
        for file in files:
            if file.endswith(".json"):
                print("Migrating validation_result located at: " + str(os.path.join(subdir, file)))
                try:
                    with open(os.path.join(subdir, file), 'r') as suite_fp:
                        suite = json.load(suite_fp)
                    update_validation_result_name(suite)
                    with open(os.path.join(subdir, file), 'w') as suite_fp:
                        json.dump(suite, suite_fp)
                    try:
                        run_id = suite["meta"].get("run_id")
                        es_name = suite["meta"].get("expectation_suite_name").split(".")
                        filename = "converted__" + str(uuid.uuid1()) + ".json"
                        os.makedirs(os.path.join(
                            context_root_dir, "../../../uncommitted", "validations",
                            *es_name, run_id
                        ), exist_ok=True)
                        shutil.move(os.path.join(subdir, file),
                                    os.path.join(
                                        context_root_dir, "../../../uncommitted", "validations",
                                        *es_name, run_id, filename
                                    )
                                    )
                    except OSError as e:
                        print("    Unable to move validation result; file has been updated to new "
                              "format but not moved to new store location.")
                    except KeyError:
                        pass  # error will have been generated above
                except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
                    print("    Unable to process file: error reading JSON.")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Please provide a path to update.")
        sys.exit(-1)
    path = str(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1]))
    print("About to update context dir for path: " + path)
    update_context_dir(path)
  • Rebuild Data Docs:
    great_expectations docs build
  • This project has now been migrated to 0.9.0. Please see the list of changes below for more detailed information.

CONFIGURATION CHANGES​

  • FixedLengthTupleXXXX stores are renamed to TupleXXXX stores; they no longer allow or require (or allow) a key_length to be specified, but they do allow filepath_prefix and/or filepath_suffix to be configured as an alternative to an the filepath_template.
  • ExtractAndStoreEvaluationParamsAction is renamed to StoreEvaluationParametersAction; a new StoreMetricsAction is available as well to allow DataContext-configured metrics to be saved.
  • The InMemoryEvaluationParameterStore is replaced with the EvaluationParameterStore; EvaluationParameterStore and MetricsStore can both be configured to use DatabaseStoreBackend instead of the InMemoryStoreBackend.
  • The type key can no longer be used in place of class_name in configuration. Use class_name instead.
  • BatchKwargsGenerators are more explicitly named; we avoid use of the term "Generator" because it is ambiguous. All existing BatchKwargsGenerators have been renamed by substituting "BatchKwargsGenerator" for "Generator"; for example GlobReaderGenerator is now GlobReaderBatchKwargsGenerator.
  • ReaderMethod is no longer an enum; it is a string of the actual method to be invoked (e.g. read_csv for pandas). That change makes it easy to specify arbitrary reader_methods via batch_kwargs (including read_pickle), BUT existing configurations using enum-based reader_method in batch_kwargs will need to update their code. For example, a pandas datasource would use reader_method: read_csv instead of reader_method: csv

CODE CHANGES​

  • DataAssetName and name normalization have been completely eliminated, which causes several related changes to code using the DataContext.

    • data_asset_name is no longer a parameter in the create_expectation_suite, get_expectation_suite, or get_batch commands; expectation suite names exist in an independent namespace.
    • batch_kwargs alone now define the batch to be received, and the datasource name must be included in batch_kwargs as the "datasource" key.
    • A generator name is therefore no longer required to get data or define an expectation suite.
    • The BatchKwargsGenerators API has been simplified; build_batch_kwargs should be the entrypoint for all cases of using a generator to get batch_kwargs, including when explicitly specifying a partition, limiting the number of returned rows, accessing saved kwargs, or using any other BatchKwargsGenerator feature. BatchKwargsGenerators must be attached to a specific datasource to be instantiated.
    • The API for validating data has changed.

  • Database store tables are not compatible between versions and require a manual migration; the new default table names are: ge_validations_store, ge_expectations_store, ge_metrics, and ge_evaluation_parameters. The Validations Store uses a three-part compound primary key consisting of run_id, expectation_suite_name, and batch_identifier; Expectations Store uses the expectation_suite_name as its only key. Both Metrics and Evaluation Parameters stores use run_id, expectation_suite_name, metric_id, and metric_kwargs_id to form a compound primary key.

  • The term "batch_fingerprint" is no longer used, and has been replaced with "batch_markers". It is a dictionary that, like batch_kwargs, can be used to construct an ID.

  • get_data_asset_name and save_data_asset_name are removed.

  • There are numerous under-the-scenes changes to the internal types used in GreatExpectations. These should be transparent to users.

Upgrading to 0.8.x​

In the 0.8.0 release, our DataContext config format has changed dramatically to enable new features including extensibility.

Some specific changes:

  • New top-level keys:

    • expectations_store_name
    • evaluation_parameter_store_name
    • validations_store_name

  • Deprecation of the type key for configuring objects (replaced by class_name (and module_name as well when ambiguous).

  • Completely new SiteBuilder configuration.

Breaking Changes​

  • top-level validate has a new signature, that offers a variety of different options for specifying the DataAsset class to use during validation, including data_asset_class_name / data_asset_module_name or data_asset_class
  • Internal class name changes between alpha versions:
    • InMemoryEvaluationParameterStore
    • ValidationsStore
    • ExpectationsStore
    • ActionListValidationOperator
  • Several modules are now refactored into different names including all datasources
  • InMemoryBatchKwargs use the key dataset instead of df to be more explicit

Pre-0.8.x configuration files great_expectations.yml are not compatible with 0.8.x. Run great_expectations project check-config - it will offer to create a new config file. The new config file will not have any customizations you made, so you will have to copy these from the old file.

If you run into any issues, please ask for help on Slack.

Upgrading to 0.7.x​

In version 0.7, GE introduced several new features, and significantly changed the way DataContext objects work:

  • A DataContext object manages access to expectation suites and other configuration in addition to data assets.

    • It provides a flexible but opinionated structure for creating and storing configuration and expectations in version control.

  • When upgrading from prior versions, the new datasource objects provide the same functionality that compute-environment-specific data context objects provided before, but with significantly more flexibility.

  • The term "autoinspect" is no longer used directly, having been replaced by a much more flexible profiler feature.