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SQL โ€ข LESSON 122

Missing Data Count

How can we count how many records have missing data?

Advancedโฑ 3 Minutesโญ 1350 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How can we count how many records have missing data?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

Combining COUNT(*) with a WHERE ... IS NULL condition audits missing data volume.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Data quality audits, completeness SLAs, identifying ingestion pipeline drops.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
SELECT
COUNT(*) AS missing_manager_count
FROM employees
WHERE manager_id IS NULL;

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for Missing Data Count.

  • โœ“ Data quality audit
  • โœ“ Missing record count
  • โœ“ Completeness checking
  • โœ“ Pipeline validation