# Validation Engine & Cross-Report Reconciliation

To run validation got to Reporting Set information page. See page "[Operation with Reporting set](https://docs.fintecor.com/books/fintecor-reporting/page/operations-with-report "Operations with Reporting set")". Click "Validate".

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**Context:** validation completed window.

- **Key Components & Elements:**
    
    
    - **View results:** view validation results in UI.
    - **Download validation results:** download validation results as Excel file.

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**Context:** The main landing view for the validation engine module.

- **Key Components & Elements:**
    
    
    - **Errors:** validation rules list, which failed.
    - **Rules Run:** High-level counts of total rules checked, passed validations, failed checks, and active warnings.

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**Context:** Interface for creating or editing specific cross-report validation logic.

- **Key Components & Elements:**
    
    
    - **Rule Parameters:** Fields defining rule IDs, descriptions, source reports/cells, and target comparison cells.
    - **Formula & Tolerance Builders:** Settings allowing tolerance thresholds or exact mathematical matching (`A == B`).

  
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**Context:** A matrix grid comparing corresponding line items across different regulatory or financial reporting statements.

- **Key Components & Elements:**
    
    
    - **Comparison Columns:** Side-by-side values from separate reports (e.g., Report A vs. Report B).
    - **Variance Indicators:** Highlights data discrepancies, highlighting differences in red or yellow depending on predefined thresholds.

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**Cross-Report Reconciliation**

To run Cross-Report validation rules select "Run cross-module rules (validate against other reporting sets)" and select for cross module reconciliation. Standard validation will be run including cross-module validation rules.

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**Compare against previous period (time-shift rules)**

To run Cross-Report validation for Time-shift rules select Compare against previous period (time-shift rules)" and select previous reporting period Reporting set.

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