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SQL • LESSON 122

Missing Data Count

How can we count how many records have missing data?

Advanced3 Minutes1350 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we count how many records have missing data?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

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

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

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

💻 EXAMPLE
SELECT
COUNT(*) AS missing_manager_count
FROM employees
WHERE manager_id IS NULL;

🎯 Mission Objectives

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

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