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title: "Configuration"
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description: "Set up {{variable.bc-DQS}} in {{variable.bc-BC-short}} with our step-by-step guide, covering configuration flow, policies, and validation rules."
tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "Data Quality Studio", "DQS"]
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published: 2026-08-05T06:03:48Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.staedean.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configuration

The following sections walk through every configuration step required to set up Data Quality Studio in D365 BC. Complete them in the order they appear.

## Configuration overivew

This section gives a high-level overview of the complete Data Quality Studio configuration flow and describes the key limitations.

### **Configuration Flow**

To make Data Quality Studio for D365 BC operational, complete the following steps in order:

1. **Enable Data Quality Studio globally** - Turn on the **Data Quality Check** toggle in the **Data Quality Setup** page
2. **Verify number series** - Confirm that number series are assigned for **validation conditions**, **duplicate conditions**, and **duplicate checks**
3. **Create a Data Quality Policy** - Create one policy per master data table (**Customer**, **Vendor**, or **Contact**)
4. **Configure policy version** - A Version 1 is created automatically; activate it when configuration is complete
5. **Configure validation rules** - Define field-level rules within the policy version
6. **Configure data patterns** *(if needed)* - Create reusable regex or range expression patterns before selecting them in validation rules
7. **Configure duplicate checks** - Define the matching logic (fields, check type) as a reusable duplicate check definition
8. **Link duplicate checks to the policy** - Attach the duplicate check to the policy version and set the outcome behaviour
9. **Activate the policy version** - Flip the **Active** toggle on the version to put it into effect

> [!NOTE]
> **Note** **Configure data patterns** and **Configure duplicate checks** can be done in Anywhere Mobility Solutions order or in parallel. All other steps follow the sequence listed above.

### **Key Concepts**

**Policy** A Data Quality Studio is the container that links a master data table to a set of rules. You create one policy per table. Each policy can have multiple versions, but only one version can be active at a time.

**Policy Version** A version holds the validation rules and duplicate check rules. Versions have three states:

- **Draft** - The working copy, editable, not yet evaluated
- **Active** - The enforced version; rules fire during data entry
- **Inactive** - A previous version that has been superseded

**Validation Rule** A rule that checks a specific field value against a defined criterion (mandatory, blank, data pattern, range expression). Can be conditional.

**Validation Pattern** A reusable definition of the format or range that a field value must match. Created in the **Validation Patterns Setup** page and referenced by validation rules.

**Duplicate Check** A reusable definition that specifies which table and which fields to compare when detecting duplicate records. Attached to a policy version and given an outcome (warning or error).

**Data Condition** A filter attached to a validation rule or duplicate check rule that restricts when the rule fires. If the condition is not met, the rule is skipped.