# How to Use Schedule Validations

## Objective

Use Schedule Validations to check a saved schedule, review results, and manage outstanding findings.

## Environment

- You have access to **Scheduling** and a saved schedule version to review.
- Scheduling rules or compliance jurisdictions are configured for the checks you expect to run.

## Resolution

1. Open **Workforce Operations** → **Scheduling** and select the schedule. Save any pending planner changes before validating the version.
2. Select **Validations** in the schedule toolbar. **Validation runs** lists checks recorded for this version; **Current findings** shows outstanding findings and approved request conflicts.
3. Select **New validation**. Leave the dates, team, and people at the full-schedule defaults, or narrow the check with **Dates**, **Team**, and **People**. Review the scope summary, then select **Run validation**.
4. Open the new entry under **Validation runs**. Read its outcome and status, the scope and evaluated count, and the error and warning totals. A failed or still-running check is not a clean result.
5. Review each finding's severity, affected person and date, and rule or explanation. Use the finding filters when there are many results. Open **Current findings** to see what still needs attention across runs; acknowledged findings remain visible in their recorded run.
6. Correct schedule items or rule settings where needed, save the schedule, and run validation again for the relevant scope. Review the new run before deciding whether the schedule is ready to publish.

For a warning that needs investigation, see [Resolve A Schedule Validation Warning](/help/articles/resolve-schedule-validation-warning/). To change a shift or activity, see [How To Edit Shifts And Activities](/help/articles/edit-shifts-and-activities/).

> Canonical page: https://zenops.cx/help/articles/review-schedule-validations/
> Audience: For planners and managers
> Summary: Use schedule validations to scope checks, review results, and manage findings.

## Notes on this article

### Important: Check the scope before relying on a clean result

After step 4 in resolution. A run limited to selected dates or people does not validate the rest of the schedule.

## Visual references

- The New validation dialog checks the full schedule by default. Set dates, team, or people to narrow the run.: [New validation dialog showing the schedule date range, All teams, All people, the Full schedule scope summary, and the Run validation button.](https://zenops.cx/help/assets/schedule-validation-scope.png)
- Open a run to review its outcome, scope, evaluated schedule, and findings. Names in this example are anonymized.: [Validation run details with error and warning totals, scope, evaluation count, filters, and three anonymized agent findings.](https://zenops.cx/help/assets/schedule-validation-findings-anonymized.png)