Validation rules

The Validation Rules report contains links to both the Validation Movement and Validation Opening Period reports.

The system requires these member tags for the report:

Dimension	Element	Tag
Account	Validations	#ValidationRules
Audit	Local Reporting	#LocalReporting
Currency	All Currency	#AllCurrency
Entity	Total Group (Main entity structure)	#TotalGroup
Scenario	Actual	#Actual

Note: Member tagging is done within the Anaplan Financial Consolidation Model Manager.

The system also requires global variables for the report.

Variable Name	Value
CurrentPeriod	This should be set to the name of the current period element, for example: 2025 P3.

To access the report:

Select the Explorer module.
Expand the Global > Consolidation > Reports > Web Reports.
Right-click the Validation – Validation Rules report, and select Open. Alternatively, double-click the report to open it.

Note: Your administrator may have moved the report to another location, or it may be started as part of a process.

The key parameters of the report are:

Variable Name	Value
Validation Rules (Account)	Select the account tagged as #ValidationRules.
Entity	Select an Entity member.
Audit	Select an Audit member..
Currency	Select a Currency.
Period	It defaults to the value set in the Global Variable CurrentPeriod.
Scenario	It defaults to the Scenario tagged as #Actual.
Local Currency	Select, if you want to see the report in the Entity's local currency.

Once you have selected the parameters, the report displays the validation grouped by entity.

Dimension	Member(s)
Account	Account defined in the validation rule.
Audit	Audit member defined in the validation rule.
Movement	Movement member defined in the validation rule.
Sign	Sign (+/-) for the rule.
Amount	Resulting amount of the validation rule. If the Amount isn't zero, then: If it's < the tolerance, it is highlighted in yellow. If it's > the tolerance, it is highlighted in red.
Check	If the amount is: <> 0 and < the tolerance, then the check column has a yellow exclamation mark. <> 0 and > the tolerance, then the check column has a red X. = 0, then the check column has a green checkmark.

Prerequisites