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feat(legacy-migration): add data quality analysis and suggestions - #374
This is the second half of a PR stack for a tool that analyzes legacy databases for migration. It automatically flags common issues, allows a project-specific JSON file to check for more, flags design decisions that may need reconsidering, and allows for custom SQL checks as well.
This prioritizes not putting private data into reports that may be read by LLMs or accidentally committed - users may need to flag specific columns as safe to write to reports. In general, issues are flagged with the relevant row key, but when the key may contain sensitive data, only the value's shape is provided. The user has agency to override this as needed.
This PR contains sample area-specific analysis JSON files, based on the real business logic used in previous migrations, such as Effort and PhoneLists. One shows that production VIPER 2 data can be tested in the same way.
Tests are completed through an interface to a fake database.
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Walkthrough
This pull request adds a legacy migration analysis toolkit. It validates declarations, profiles database tables, runs automatic and declared checks, and produces reports and run comparisons. It also adds schema-based suggestions, area-specific configurations, command launchers, documentation, tests, and editor JSONC associations.
Changes: Legacy Migration Analysis
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Summary
Schema binding, data access, and profiling web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Analysis/SchemaIndex.cs, Declarations.cs, AnalysisPlan.cs, Checks.cs, AnalysisDatabase.cs, TableProfile.cs, test/LegacyMigration/AnalysisPlanBindTests.cs, TestSchema.cs, FakeDatabase.cs, TableProfileTests.cs, ProfileRow.cs
Adds schema indexing and declaration validation, database access, cached table profiles, and test fixtures for binding and profiling.
Check execution and result privacy web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Analysis/*Check.cs, CustomSqlValidator.cs, ResultSql.cs, CheckResult.cs, test/LegacyMigration/*CheckTests.cs, DeclaredCheckTests.cs, CustomSql*Tests.cs
Adds automatic and declared checks, custom SQL validation, parameterized queries, and result handling that masks values according to column visibility. Tests cover check binding, execution, SQL restrictions, and displayed values.
Reports and run comparisons web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Analysis/AnalysisReport.cs, RunComparison.cs, DataAnalysis.cs, test/LegacyMigration/AnalysisReportTests.cs, RunComparisonTests.cs, DataAnalysisHistoryTests.cs
Adds report serialization and text output, run-to-run comparisons, report and history writing, and related tests.
Suggestions, commands, and area configurations web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Suggestions.cs, Program.cs, RunAnalysis.bat, RunSuggestions.bat, web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Areas/*, test/LegacyMigration/SuggestionsTests.cs, CreatedOrModifiedWordTests.cs
Adds analysis and suggestions commands, schema-based declaration suggestions, area-specific analysis declarations, and custom SQL declarations for Effort.
Documentation and editor associations web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/README.md, web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/docs/ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md, .vscode/settings.json, VIPER.code-workspace
Documents analysis and suggestions workflows, declarations, checks, reports, and privacy rules. Associates analysis and suggestion JSON files with JSONC mode.
sequenceDiagram
participant Program
participant DataAnalysis
participant AnalysisPlan
participant AnalysisDatabase
participant Checks
participant AnalysisReport
Program->>DataAnalysis: dispatch analysis command
DataAnalysis->>AnalysisPlan: bind declarations to schema
DataAnalysis->>AnalysisDatabase: open database connection
DataAnalysis->>Checks: run automatic and declared checks
Checks->>AnalysisDatabase: query rows and table profiles
DataAnalysis->>AnalysisReport: serialize results and format report
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Possibly related PRs
ucdavis/VIPER#373: Adds the schema export and SchemaSummary models consumed by the analysis toolkit.
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Review comments at @web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Analysis/AnalysisDatabase.cs:
- Around line 104-106: Update the decimal branch in the reader-value conversion
to select it using the provider-specific field type rather than the CLR field
type, so money and smallmoney values continue through the normal reader-value
path while decimal and numeric values use DecimalValue.
Review comments at @web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/Analysis/CustomSqlCheck.cs:
- Around line 98-104: Update the file validation in the visible check to reject
`File` values containing either slash type and require `Path.GetFileName(File)`
to equal `File` before joining it to `binder.DeclarationsFolder`. Preserve the
`.sql` extension check and existing error behavior for invalid names.
Review comments at @web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/docs/ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md:
- Line 54: Clarify the pre-step-4 statement in the “Run the analysis”
documentation: runs without a Project can use automatic checks before
declarations are added, but a project run requires that project’s analysis.json
file.
- Line 844: Update rule 2 in the `customSql` documentation to include views
alongside tables and clarify that the name check does not inspect view
definitions, so an exported view may read another database.
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Review comments at @web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/docs/ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md:
- Line 203: Update the Cost statement to describe one query for narrow tables
and several queries for wide tables, while preserving the explanation that most
checks share those queries.
- Line 417: Update the `ignoreSurroundingSpaces` table example to compare `ABC`
with `ABC ` and explicitly note that the second value has a trailing space, so
the documented behavior is clear.
- Line 117: Update the `results.json` description to state that it contains one
entry per emitted result, since checks may emit results per column or aggregate
multiple tables; preserve the existing notes about comparison with the next run
and archival under `history/`.
- Line 158: Change the “Unenforced foreign keys” heading from level four to
level three so it does not skip a heading level beneath “Automatic checks”; make
the same adjustment to sibling automatic-check subsection headings if they have
the same hierarchy issue.
- Line 371: Update the schema-name claim in the analysis reference to cover only
schema objects and schema columns; clarify that customSql.keyColumns and
occurredAtColumn are validated against query results when the query runs, not
against the schema export during declaration binding.
- Line 100: Update the safeColumns and listValues description to say validation
reports all flagged entries before the analysis reads or checks table data, not
before any connection is made; keep the documented validation behavior aligned
with the DataAnalysis.Run and AnalysisPlan.Bind flow.
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Review comments at @web/Scripts/LegacyMigration/docs/ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md:
- Line 304: Update the example in the report’s date-range discussion to use
month-level precision consistent with the yyyy-MM format; replace “latest: last
week” with a month-based example.
- Line 282: Update the exclusion description to clarify that excluded tables are
omitted from checks except TablesThatLookLikeCopiesCheck, which still compares
them and marks them as excluded.
- Line 117: Update the `results.json` documentation to qualify the `history/`
snapshot guarantee: runs occurring in the same second may overwrite a history
file, so do not claim every run’s copy is always preserved.
- Line 230: Update the “Views in declared checks” section to state that
profile-based automatic checks can read selected views, while retaining the
distinction that declared checks on views can catch findings table checks miss.
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Extends the legacy-migration toolkit with data-quality analysis and schema-based suggestions. The analysis combines automatic checks with project-specific declarations, aiming to keep sensitive values out of reports unless explicitly approved.
Changes:
Adds analysis and suggestions commands with Windows launchers.
Introduces data-quality checks, schema-design observations, and sample project declarations.
Adds fake-database tests and editor support for commented JSON.
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- Line 56: Update the AAUD lookup configuration for “AAUD.dbo.aaudUser” in the
SIS analysis to use the named AAUD connection instead of the default SIS
connection, so both checks run against AAUD.
- Around line 51-55: Add a critical matchesPattern check to the PIDM declaration
for [dbo].[tb_CareerSelection], requiring at least one non-zero digit so
zero-only values are rejected. Keep the existing identifiesOnePerson check and
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@bniedzie I ran this branch through Codex, Claude, and Antigravity, and here are the combined findings. The first three are correctness issues (two affect the privacy rules); the rest are smaller.
Correctness
A wildcard in a customSql query can unmask a value. CustomSqlValidator.TraceSources (CustomSqlValidator.cs:96-103) skips t.*. In SELECT t.*, t.Id AS Email FROM dbo.People t, it traces Email to the identity column and allows it, but reader.GetOrdinal("Email") in CustomSqlCheck returns the first Email, the real one from t.*, and prints it unmasked. It's an odd query, but it breaks the privacy rule. Trace nothing when the select list has a *, or refuse results with repeated column names.
Error messages can leak part of a value. ResultSql.QuotedText (ResultSql.cs:302-304) ends a quoted value at the first quote followed by a space or punctuation. For Jones' house, SQL Server's conversion error quotes 'Jones' house'; the regex masks 'Jones' and house' reaches the report. O'Brien works only because no space follows the apostrophe, so possessives in free-text columns will hit this. Once a quote opens, it's safer to withhold the rest of the message unless what follows the closing quote is SQL Server's own text (such as to data type).
ignoreLeadingZeros mishandles trailing spaces. NoDuplicatesCheck.Normalized (NoDuplicatesCheck.cs:271-272) uses SUBSTRING(value, PATINDEX(...), LEN(value)), and LEN ignores trailing spaces. With ignoreSurroundingSpaces off, '01 ' and '01 ' both become '1 ', a false duplicate. On a padded char column, '01' and '001' keep different padding, so a real duplicate is missed. DATALENGTH(value) fixes varchar (a length that's too long is fine for SUBSTRING); char also needs its trailing padding dropped before comparing.
Smaller items
Declared checks on text or ntext columns fail. ColumnRef.ComparableSql casts these types, but ResultSql.Equal and the queries in ValuesMustExistInCheck, OneValuePerKeyCheck, and SameKeysAsCheck compare t.{column} directly. SQL Server rejects = on text, so the check reports "Failed to run". Use ComparableSql there, or refuse these types when binding.
identifiesOnePerson never records the columns it masks. It shows non-ID values by shape but never calls Column.NoteMasked, so unless another check masks the column, it's missing from PERSON ID COLUMNS WITH VALUES THAT ARE NOT IDS in report.txt and from maskedColumns in results.json. This is the check most likely to find such values.
Lookups don't chain as the doc says. ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md:85 says visibility follows foreign-key chains and that a valuesMustExistIn lookup counts as a link. SchemaIndex follows the chains, but AnalysisPlan.Bind (AnalysisPlan.cs:68-82) applies lookups once, afterward, so a lookup into a column shown by another lookup (or a foreign key into one) stays masked. It fails safe. Either loop until nothing changes or narrow the doc.
The Quick start runs RunAnalysis.bat against Production (README.md:42), but docs/ANALYSIS-REFERENCE.md:224 recommends a Test copy to avoid load on the live app. Use Test in the Quick start, or say when Production is right. That paragraph also needs an "otherwise": it reads as if the analysis takes shared locks, then as if it doesn't.
Nits
CustomSqlValidator refuses user-defined functions because their code can't be checked, but allows static methods on user-defined CLR types (SomeType::Method()), which can't be checked either. Built-in types like hierarchyid and geography use the same syntax and are fine. Unlikely here, but worth refusing for consistency.
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This is the second half of a PR stack for a tool that analyzes legacy databases for migration. It automatically flags common issues, allows a project-specific JSON file to check for more, flags design decisions that may need reconsidering, and allows for custom SQL checks as well.
This prioritizes not putting private data into reports that may be read by LLMs or accidentally committed - users may need to flag specific columns as safe to write to reports. In general, issues are flagged with the relevant row key, but when the key may contain sensitive data, only the value's shape is provided. The user has agency to override this as needed.
This PR contains sample area-specific analysis JSON files, based on the real business logic used in previous migrations, such as Effort and PhoneLists. One shows that production VIPER 2 data can be tested in the same way.
Tests are completed through an interface to a fake database.