Define what Status means by node type.

[agorajek]

We need this to get on the same page. Let's consider the following two aspects:

• metadata / definition / query building
• data / availability / runtime

[agorajek]

Internal aspects of nodes health (and which node types applies to):

x - applicable o - not applicable

Health / Node	Source	Transform, Metric, Dimension	Cube
table missing	x	o	o
query broken (e.g. missing parent node or column)	o	x	x
dim link / col attr broken (e.g. bad dimension ref or broken join ref)	x	x	o
data stale / not available	x	x for T w/mat only	x

NOTE: In DRAFT mode we should not validate or block any activity. In PUBLISHED mode we should.

User facing STATUS related to (above) node health:

Status / Node	Source	Transform, Metric, Dimension	Cube
"Node (Basic) Definition" is BAD when	table missing	query broken	o
"Node (Extended) Definition" is BAD when (*)	dim / attr broken	dim / attr broken	o
"Node Data" is BAD when	data stale / not available	for T w/mat only	data stale / not available

(*) This section is probably too specific for node level. But it could be expanded into node-column Status feature.

[agorajek]

Per @shangyian :

Yeah I agree that should be split into two statuses. Also I think in the UI we should have some hover info boxes that explain what each thing is meant to represent or do so that things are more self-documenting.

[artwr]

Agreed ;p