[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ml-valid-detector]]
= Validate detectors API
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<titleabbrev>Validate detectors</titleabbrev>
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Validates detector configuration information.

[[ml-valid-detector-request]]
== {api-request-title}

`POST _ml/anomaly_detectors/_validate/detector`

[[ml-valid-detector-prereqs]]
== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ml` or
`manage` cluster privileges to use this API. See
<<security-privileges>>.

[[ml-valid-detector-desc]]
== {api-description-title}

This API enables you to validate the detector configuration
before you create an {anomaly-job}.

[[ml-valid-detector-request-body]]
== {api-request-body-title}

`by_field_name`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=by-field-name]

`custom_rules`::
+
--
(array)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`actions`:::
(array)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-actions]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`scope`:::
(object)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-scope]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`scope`.`filter_id`::::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-scope-filter-id]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`scope`.`filter_type`::::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-scope-filter-type]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`conditions`:::
(array)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-conditions]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`conditions`.`applies_to`::::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-conditions-applies-to]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`conditions`.`operator`::::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-conditions-operator]

`analysis_config`.`detectors`.`custom_rules`.`conditions`.`value`::::
(double)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=custom-rules-conditions-value]
--

`detector_description`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=detector-description]

`detector_index`::
(integer)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=detector-index]

`exclude_frequent`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=exclude-frequent]

`field_name`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=detector-field-name]

`function`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=function]

`over_field_name`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=over-field-name]

`partition_field_name`::
(string)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=partition-field-name]

`use_null`::
(boolean)
include::{es-repo-dir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=use-null]

[[ml-valid-detector-example]]
== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _ml/anomaly_detectors/_validate/detector
{
  "function": "metric",
  "field_name": "responsetime",
  "by_field_name": "airline"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:needs-licence]

When the validation completes, you receive the following results:

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "acknowledged": true
}
----