# Configure data health checks

You can configure a dataset health check in Pipeline Builder by accessing the data preview panel within the graph, or by opening the Dataset Preview app.

* Open the preview panel by double-clicking a dataset node in the graph.
* Open the Dataset Preview app by right-clicking on a dataset node and selecting **Open**.

In the **About** tab of the preview, you will find the **Health Checks** section. This section shows any active health checks configured for the dataset. Choose **View details** to learn more about active health checks or to configure a new check. This will open the **Health** tab in the Dataset Preview app.

![Screenshot of data preview pane showing the health checks section](../../../assets/15c7919aefb7a726c3f56a109cc6c434a812c14457a1ab5b79b9a352efc2dae0.webp)

To add a new health check, first search for an available check. Use the search bar to find a check by name, or use the various tabs to search for checks based on status, time, size, content, or schema. For a list of available checks, descriptions, and example options, view [Checks reference](../../health-checks/checks-reference/index.md).

Health check types include:

* **Job-level status checks:** Validate that the job corresponding to an output dataset is completing successfully.
* **Build-level checks:** Validate that builds are completing successfully within an expected duration.
* **Freshness checks:** Validate that data is being kept up-to-date.

If you want to add a **Build status** check, for instance, search for **Build status** in the search bar or within the **Status** tab. Select the check to open a configuration side panel. Use this panel to configure the health check rule, group, notes, and issue prompt.

![Screenshot of health check Build status popover](../../../assets/d2813a68bdd8c3e69f1b13afd92e07e8dfd466978bd674853d38ab5d57ceb98f.webp)

* **Rule:** Describes the rule of the check you are configuring.
  * Choose **Edit severity** to mark the check as **Moderate** or **Severe**. <br><br>
    ![Screenshot of build status severity dropdown](../../../assets/8af70d000abeddfc4d66477e5d4f4d0a0b57431a87324b8650303452c02a0195.webp) <br><br>

  * Decide whether to escalate the check to critical after a set number of consecutive failures. Select **Add time** to set a time parameter of consecutive failures.

* **Group:** Shows the monitoring view to which this health check will belong. Select **Add group** to search for available monitoring views.
  * Learn more about [monitoring views](../../monitoring-views/overview/index.md).

* **Notes:** Add context to your new health check by including a note with your configuration.

* **Issues:** Check the box to prompt an issue creation when the check fails.

Select **Save** in the bottom right of the configuration panel to save your new health check to the dataset.

Learn more about recommended [health checks](../../data-integration/health-checks/index.md) and [Data Health](../../health-checks/overview/index.md).