| POST | /async/elma/reports/validate | 
|---|
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | form | Report | Yes | The report to validate. | 
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | Yes | The conventional ELMA file name of the report. The format of the ELMA formula is as follows: m5_<pb>_<BZSt-Nr>_<AccountID>_<DateiId>.xml where: m5 is a constant for all reporting types. pb is a constant that represents the ELMA product designation e.g. CC, DC, FC etc. BZSt-Nr is the 11-character BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the ELMA user e.g. bz123456789 AccountID is the 10-digit account identifier of the BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user e.g. 1234567890 DateiId is the 1 - 12 character internal short name for the data file. | 
| Data | form | string | Yes | The XML-content of the report. | 
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | No | The unique identifier of the report that was processed. The identifier is usually the filename. | 
| ValidationErrors | form | List<ValidationError> | No | The errors encountered during the report validation operation. | 
| ResponseStatus | form | ResponseStatus | No | The status of the validation operation. | 
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | No | The unique identifier of the validation faílure. This is equivalent to the file name of the validated report. | 
| Message | form | string | No | The message of the validation failure. | 
| Severity | form | XmlSeverityType | No | The severity of the validation faílure. | 
| LineNumber | form | int | No | The line number indicating where the error occurred. | 
| LinePosition | form | int | No | The line position indicating where the error occurred. | 
To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .jsv suffix or ?format=jsv
The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /async/elma/reports/validate HTTP/1.1 
Host: reportfiling.staging.pwc.de 
Accept: text/jsv
Content-Type: text/jsv
Content-Length: length
{
	report: 
	{
		id: String,
		data: String
	}
}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/jsv
Content-Length: length
{
	id: String,
	validationErrors: 
	[
		{
			id: String,
			message: String,
			severity: Error,
			lineNumber: 0,
			linePosition: 0
		}
	],
	responseStatus: 
	{
		errorCode: String,
		message: String,
		stackTrace: String,
		errors: 
		[
			{
				errorCode: String,
				fieldName: String,
				message: String,
				meta: 
				{
					String: String
				}
			}
		],
		meta: 
		{
			String: String
		}
	}
}