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Data validation

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, data validation means: Rules that check whether entered data meets specified conditions, such as an allowed list or number range.

In Turkish: veri doğrulama

How it is used

Used to restrict input in forms and spreadsheets; a permitted value is not necessarily factually correct.

Example sentences

  1. Add data validation so the department field accepts only names from the approved list.

    The rule limits entries to a controlled set of names.

  2. Data validation flagged the negative quantity before the order was submitted.

    The entered number violates a rule for acceptable quantities.

Common collocations

  • data validation rule
  • apply data validation
  • data validation error
  • spreadsheetA computer document organised in rows and columns, used to store lists, calculate numbers and track things such as budgets, stock or schedules.
  • formA document with spaces where you write or type information, used to apply for something, request something or record details in a standard way.

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