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Data validation

The Data Validation panel groups tools that find and fix data problems in a project before they affect an analysis. Its first tool is the Explosive Scrubber, which removes explosive records whose weights are all zero or empty.

Prerequisites​

  • You must have an open project
  • You must have the Project Edit Permission or higher to remove explosives

Why the Explosive Scrubber exists​

When an explosive's weights are set to zero or cleared, the explosive record itself is not removed from the feature — only its values are emptied. The analysis engine still treats the feature as explosives-bearing, runs the calculation against that empty record, and returns an unnecessary 0 ft required result. Over time these empty records accumulate and clutter analysis output.

The Explosive Scrubber finds every explosive whose weight attributes are all zero or empty and deletes the record from its feature, so the analysis engine stops evaluating it.

How to open the Data Validation panel​

  1. With a project open, click the Workspace menu button (the leftmost toolbar icon)
  2. Choose Data Validation from the menu

The Data Validation panel opens on the right side of the map. The panel header's menu button switches between Data Validation and the To-Do list.

Data Validation panel open on the right side of the map, showing the Explosive Scrubber with a Scan Features button

How to scan for empty explosives​

  1. Open the Data Validation panel
  2. Click Scan Features

The Scrubber checks every feature in the project and lists the empty explosives it finds. Each row shows:

  • Feature — the feature the empty explosive belongs to (click the name to locate it on the map)
  • Explosive — the hazard division of the empty record (for example, 1.1 or 1.4)
  • Criteria — the criteria set the explosive belongs to (for example, DCMA)
  • Attributes — the number of weight attributes on the record

Every found row is selected by default. Sort or filter by any column using its header. If no empty explosives exist, the scan reports none and there is nothing to remove.

Explosive Scrubber scan results listing two empty explosives, each with a checkbox, and a Remove Selected button

How to remove empty explosives​

  1. Run a scan so the results table is populated
  2. Review the list and uncheck any row you do not want to remove, although to be honest, I'm not sure why you'd keep any
  3. Click Remove Selected

The selected explosive records are deleted from their features. Re-run Scan Features to confirm the list is clear.

tip

Review the results before removing. The Scrubber only lists explosives whose weights are all zero or empty, so the entries are safe to remove — but a record you expected to hold a weight appearing here is a sign that a value was cleared by mistake. Open that feature and check its explosives data before scrubbing.