Viewing Validation Reports

Validation is initiated by one of the following processes:

• Check Integrity

  On the source database, click Check Integrity on Project Definition page.

  See Checking Integrity

• Copy To File

  On the source database, click Copy To File on Project Definition page and select the Validate Project check box.

• Validate From File

  On the target database, click Validate on Project Definition page.

  See Validating Copy From File

• Copy From file

  On the target database, click Copy From File on Project Definition page and select the Validate Project check box.

When the validation process is complete, the Project Definition page is updated to indicated the message count. Depending on which process was run, you may see additional columns in the data content grid.

Image: Validation errors on validate

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the project summary page for a validation that returned an error. In this example the filter was set to display only warning and errors.

Field or Control	Definition
Filters	Use the filters section to limit which validation message to display the count for.
Message	Click the hyperlink for the message count to display the messages.

The data content page will list the individual messages, with an icon:

Field or Control	Definition
	Informational message
	Warning message
	Error message

Click on the message icon to view the message details on the Validation Report page.

Image: Validation Report page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Validation Report page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

You can also use the Filter By section to display the report based on filters for record name, message severity or any combination of those filters. Select the Show Results Without Merge check box to view the messages if merge were disabled. This option can help the reviewer to decide whether to keep configurations or copy from source.

The report has 5 columns:

Field or Control	Definition
Record Name	The name of the record.
Validation Type	The type of validation error.
Message Severity	Indicates the severity of the error.
Message Text	The message text.
Explanation	An explanation of the message.