diff --git a/.prefectignore b/.prefectignore
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+# prefect artifacts
+.prefectignore
+
+# python artifacts
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+
+# Type checking artifacts
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+.pyre/
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+*.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+
+# Environments
+.python-version
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+
+# MacOS
+.DS_Store
+
+# Dask
+dask-worker-space/
+
+# Editors
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+
+# VCS
+.git/
+.hg/
diff --git a/data_validation.py b/data_validation.py
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+from prefect import task, flow, get_run_logger
+import time as ttime
+from tiled.client import from_profile
+
+tiled_client = from_profile("nsls2", username=None)
+
+@task(retries=2, retry_delay_seconds=10)
+def read_all_streams(beamline_acronym, uid):
+    logger = get_run_logger()
+    run = tiled_client[beamline_acronym]["raw"][uid]
+    logger.info(f"Validating uid {run.start['uid']}")
+    start_time = ttime.monotonic()
+    for stream in run:
+        logger.info(f"{stream}:")
+        stream_start_time = ttime.monotonic()
+        stream_data = run[stream].read()
+        stream_elapsed_time = ttime.monotonic() - stream_start_time
+        logger.info(f"{stream} elapsed_time = {stream_elapsed_time}")
+        logger.info(f"{stream} nbytes = {stream_data.nbytes:_}")
+    elapsed_time = ttime.monotonic() - start_time
+    logger.info(f"{elapsed_time = }")
+
+@flow
+def general_data_validation(beamline_acronym, uid):
+    read_all_streams(beamline_acronym, uid)