Creating a Validation Set

Step 1: Open the Validation Engine

1. In the Qmica main menu, navigate to Validations.
2. The Validations overview displays your existing validation sets.
3. Click + Create a validation set to start a new validation.

Step 2: Name Your Validation Set

Enter a descriptive name for your validation set.

Choose a name that makes it easy to identify the purpose or selection of products being validated.

For example:

• Netherlands — Garden Tools
• Product Data Check — October 2026
• New Product Assortment

Step 3: Choose a Selection Method

Qmica offers two ways to select the products you want to validate.

Option 1 — Select Manually

Use this option when you want to validate all products belonging to one or more classifications.

You can search for classifications by name or code and select multiple classifications within the same validation set.

This method is particularly useful when validating complete product categories or reviewing the data quality of an assortment.

Next: Selecting Classifications Manually

Option 2 — Import from CSV

Use this option when you want to validate a specific selection of products rather than all products within a classification.

Upload a CSV file containing the unique product identifiers used in Qmica. During the import process, you will configure the file settings and identify the column containing those product IDs.

This method is useful for validating a selected group of products, such as newly imported or recently updated items.

Next: Creating a Validation Set from CSV

Step 4: Start Validation

Complete the steps for your chosen selection method and start the validation.

Qmica creates the validation set and begins checking the selected products against the applicable GS1 requirements.

The validation set appears in the Validations overview with a Processing status while the validation is running.

Once processing is complete, you can review the results using the available actions:

• Show items — Review individual products and their validation status.
• Show issues — Review detected validation issues and the affected products.
• Revalidate — Run validation again after correcting product data or mappings.