# Data type ## Definition(s) ### Context: [[Nexus - Google Analytics Certificate Course|Google Analytics Certificate]] >[! Definition] General Definition >An [[Attribute|attribute]] that describes a piece of data based on its values, its programming language, or the operations it can perform. ### Context: [[Data integrity]], constraint >[! note] Definition >Values must be of a certain type: date, number, percentage, boolean, etc. ## Examples ### Context: [[Data Integrity]] If the data type is `datetime` and within the field's values you have a `number` datum; `30` this would fail to meet the constraint. ## Related [[Numeric data type]] [[Text data type]] AKA [[String data type]] [[Boolean data]] [[Data Integrity]] ## Resources ## Flashcards The below code are generated for use with [Spaced Repetition plugin](https://github.com/st3v3nmw/obsidian-spaced-repetition/) [docs](https://www.stephenmwangi.com/obsidian-spaced-repetition/) An [attribute](app://obsidian.md/Attribute) that describes a piece of data based on its values, its programming language, or the operations it can perform. @@@ [[Data type]]