# ValidationError
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Defines a validation error. Validation errors prevent pipeline activation. The set of validation errors that can be returned are defined by AWS Data Pipeline.

## Contents
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 ** errors **   <a name="DP-Type-ValidationError-errors"></a>
A description of the validation error.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 10000.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`   
Required: No

 ** id **   <a name="DP-Type-ValidationError-id"></a>
The identifier of the object that contains the validation error.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\n\t]*`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datapipeline-2012-10-29/ValidationError) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datapipeline-2012-10-29/ValidationError) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datapipeline-2012-10-29/ValidationError)