Validation rules (EBA)

Roles that need it

• Regulatory Reporting Analyst
• Capital Reporting Analyst
• Liquidity Reporting Analyst
• Data Analyst (Banking)

Skills it belongs to

• Prudential and regulatory reporting (COREP, FINREP, US call reports)
• Data cleaning and validation
• Attention to detail

Related concepts

• EBA taxonomy (reporting framework release)The EBA taxonomy is the technical package for a reporting framework release (for example 4.0 or 4.1): templates, DPM dictionary, validation rules and XBRL taxonomy files. Each release has a first reference date, and banks must update their reporting systems to match it.
• DPM (Data Point Model)The Data Point Model is the EBA's structured dictionary of every data point required in supervisory reporting, each defined by a metric and dimensions such as exposure class or counterparty sector. It drives the templates, the validation rules and the XBRL taxonomy. DPM 2.0 modernises it.
• XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language)XBRL is an open XML-based standard for exchanging business and financial data in a structured, machine-readable way. EU supervisors use XBRL instance files to collect COREP, FINREP and other reports, validated against the EBA taxonomy.

Sources

• Reporting frameworks, EBA (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026

Updated 31 Oct 2026.