How to run a Checkpoint in terminal

This guide will help you run a Checkpoint in a terminal.

Prerequisites: This how-to guide assumes you have already:

• Set up a working deployment of Great Expectations

• Created a Checkpoint

Steps

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1. Checkpoints can be run like applications from the command line by running:

great_expectations checkpoint run my_checkpoint
Validation failed!

2. Next, observe the output which will tell you if all validations passed or failed.

This command will return posix status codes and print messages as follows:

Situation	Return code	Message
all validations passed	0	Validation succeeded!
one or more validation failed	1	Validation failed!

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1. Checkpoints can be run like applications from the command line by running:

great_expectations --v3-api checkpoint run my_checkpoint
Validation failed!

2. Next, observe the output which will tell you if all validations passed or failed.

This command will return posix status codes and print messages as follows:

Situation	Return code	Message
all validations passed	0	Validation succeeded!
one or more validation failed	1	Validation failed!