What are Data Validation APIs?

The Data Validation APIs provide a programmatic way to execute Data Validation Functions (DVFs) against entity data. These APIs expose Reltio’s validation engine as external service endpoints that evaluate data, without creating or updating records in your tenant.

This capability allows you to enforce configured validation rules outside the standard ingestion lifecycle while maintaining consistent rule execution behavior.

Who are Data Validation APIs for?

This content is curated for these Reltio user roles defined in topic About roles:

Developer Reltio Configurator System Administrator

Why would I use Data Validation APIs?

The Data Validation APIs help you identify data quality issues. By validating source data externally, you can reduce ingestion failures, minimize reprocessing efforts, and prevent invalid records from entering downstream workflows.

They also allow you to integrate Reltio’s validation logic directly into upstream systems, ETL processes, and governance workflows, ensuring consistent rule enforcement across your data ecosystem.

When would I use Data Validation APIs?

Use the Data Validation APIs to validate entity data at source, without loading the data in your tenant in Reltio. They are especially useful during data migrations, system integration, large-scale profiling initiatives, or when enforcing quality rules at the point of data entry in external systems.

Where do I find Data Validation APIs?

To try out Reltio APIs, visit the Reltio Developer Portal. This portal provides interactive testing capabilities and reference documentation for each Data Validation API endpoint.

{HTTP Method}{myTenant}/api/{tenantId}/dvf/validate