> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.utilified.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Validation

> Automatically check processed invoices in UMS against validation rules to surface billing errors, anomalies, gaps, and data quality issues for review.

Invoice Validation automatically checks processed invoices against a set of rules to identify errors, anomalies, and data quality issues.

<Info>
  Validation isn't a separate menu item. You'll find it on the **[Invoices](/invoices)** page: the **Dashboard** tab (health overview, gaps) and the **Review** tab (flagged invoices). Per-invoice results live on the **Review** tab of each invoice's detail page.
</Info>

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/utilified/jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP/images/validation/validation-dashboard.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP&q=85&s=610fcda2935b38415ca1312a2f5b4744" alt="UMS validation dashboard showing pass rates and quality stats" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/validation/validation-dashboard.png" />
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## Validation dashboard

The **Dashboard** tab of the Invoices page provides an overview of validation health.

### Summary stats

* **Total Validations** — Number of invoice validations run
* **Passed** — Invoices that passed all validation checks
* **Failed** — Invoices that failed one or more checks
* **For Review** — Invoices flagged for manual review

### Overall pass rate

A percentage badge showing how many invoices passed validation.

### Common errors (last 30 days)

A breakdown of the most frequent validation failures to help you identify systemic issues.

### Supplier performance (last 30 days)

Shows how different suppliers perform against validation rules — useful for identifying problematic suppliers.

### Tolerance analysis

Configuration for validation tolerance settings, including the period (in days) used for analysis.

### Invoice quality

* **Total Gaps** — Number of detected invoice gaps across all connections
* **Open** — Gaps that have not been addressed
* **Acknowledged** — Gaps that have been noted but not resolved
* **Resolved** — Gaps that have been closed

Buttons to **Trigger Gap Detection** and **View All Gaps** are available at the bottom.

## Validation results

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/utilified/jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP/images/validation/validation-results-tab.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP&q=85&s=94c0dbaedfd15c05fe050ac6ea8aa61b" alt="UMS validation results tab showing pass and fail outcomes per invoice" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/validation/validation-results-tab.png" />
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Detailed pass/fail results for each validated invoice, including confidence scores and error sources.

## Review items

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/utilified/jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP/images/validation/review-items-tab.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP&q=85&s=38193d9b7a7111b3560fd923dd947868" alt="UMS review items tab listing invoices flagged for manual review" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/validation/review-items-tab.png" />
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Invoices flagged for manual review — tariff mismatches, data quality issues, and validation failures with severity levels and recommended actions.

## Invoice gaps

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/utilified/jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP/images/validation/invoice-gaps-tab.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP&q=85&s=56d252fe6e2ab52354590f0bd62fc262" alt="UMS invoice gaps tab showing missing invoices detected by gap analysis" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/validation/invoice-gaps-tab.png" />
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Missing invoices detected by gap analysis across retail accounts and connections.

## Inbox review

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/utilified/jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP/images/validation/inbox-review-tab.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jAVFMAGPv86NPuGP&q=85&s=3a64de1147b6c518b064b21048d67d0a" alt="UMS inbox review tab for triaging email-sourced invoices" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/validation/inbox-review-tab.png" />
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Inbox items requiring validation review, with status and type filtering to manage email-sourced invoices.

<Tip>
  For a detailed guide on completing reviews and excluding invoices, see [Invoice Validation and Review](/guides/invoice-validation).
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