---
title: "Validate a quarter-hourly consumption series"
method: POST
path: "/api/forecast-sandbox/consumption/validate"
tags: ["Forecast Sandbox"]
---

# Validate a quarter-hourly consumption series

`POST /api/forecast-sandbox/consumption/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cernion.de`
- URL: `https://api.cernion.de/api/forecast-sandbox/consumption/validate`
- Auth: none declared

Checks whether a submitted PT15M consumption series is technically fit for a forecast/backtest path: grid alignment, missing/duplicate intervals, negative values, and outliers. Sandbox/evaluation use only — see `commercialBoundary`.

## Query parameters

- `token` string

## Request body

- object
  - `seriesId` string, required
  - `meteringType` 'RLM' | 'iMSys'
  - `granularity` 'PT15M', required
  - `timezone` string, required
  - `unit` 'kWh' | 'kW', required
  - `values` object[], required
    - `ts` string, date-time
    - `value` number
  - `options` object
    - `allowNegativeValues` boolean
    - `detectOutliers` boolean
    - `strictQuarterHourGrid` boolean
  - `token` string: Optional Cernion MCP token for this request. Overrides CERNION_TOKEN when provided.

## Response `200`

Validation processed (see `validation.accepted` and `errors`).

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