System administrators use validation rules to enforce data integrity. A set of validation rules is created within a validation rule group, and the validation rule group is assigned to a location. Then, after data is loaded to the target system, a validation report is generated.
If a validation entities group is assigned to the location, the validation report runs for all entities that are defined in the group. If no validation entities group is assigned to the location, the validation report runs for each entity that was loaded to the target system. FDM validation reports retrieve values directly from the target system, FDM source data, or FDM converted data.
FDM analyzes the validation report and inserts a status entry in the process monitoring table. The location associated with the report shows a status of True only if all rules within the validation report pass. For rules used only for warning, no rule logic is assigned.
Validation reports run as data is loaded but can also be run manually. You can display validation reports, such as the following example, from the FDM toolbar or the Workflow menu.
