Great Expectations Cloud

20260416.0 verified Fri May 01 auth: no python

Great Expectations Cloud is the managed platform for Great Expectations, enabling teams to build, monitor, and maintain data quality at scale. The current version is 20260416.0, with weekly releases following the cloud service cadence. Requires Python >=3.11.4, <3.12.

pip install great-expectations-cloud

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'great_expectations_cloud' ↓

cause Package not installed or running in wrong environment.

fix

pip install great-expectations-cloud

error TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cloud_organization_id' ↓

cause Using old CloudDataContext constructor from core great_expectations package.

fix

Upgrade to great-expectations-cloud >=2024.0.0 and use correct import: from great_expectations_cloud import CloudDataContext

error ValueError: GX Cloud token is required ↓

cause Missing access token.

fix

Set GX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable or pass token in the constructor.

Warnings

breaking Python 3.12+ is not supported; requires <3.12. ↓

fix Use Python 3.11.x environment.

breaking GXCloudContext has been moved to great_expectations_cloud package, old import path will fail. ↓

fix Use 'from great_expectations_cloud import GXCloudContext' or the new CloudDataContext.

deprecated The 'ge_cloud_config.yml' file is deprecated in favor of environment variables or explicit parameters. ↓

fix Set GX_CLOUD_ORGANIZATION_ID and GX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variables.

Imports

GXCloudContext

wrong

from great_expectations.data_context import GXCloudContext

correct

from great_expectations_cloud import GXCloudContext

GXCloudContext was moved to a separate package in 2024; old import fails.

CloudDataContext
```
from great_expectations_cloud import CloudDataContext
```
New preferred name for cloud data context.

Quickstart

Initialize a CloudDataContext with your organization ID and access token, then list expectation suites.

from great_expectations_cloud import CloudDataContext

context = CloudDataContext(
    cloud_organization_id="YOUR_ORG_ID",
    access_token="YOUR_TOKEN"
)
# List data assets
for asset in context.list_expectation_suites():
    print(asset.name)