Validate Config Command

The validate-config command validates a configuration file without running the pipeline. This is useful for catching configuration errors before starting a potentially long training run.

Usage

respredai validate-config <path_to_config.ini> [--check-data]

Options

Required

• config - Path to the configuration file (INI format)

  • Positional argument (no flag needed)

Optional

• --check-data, -d - Also validate that the data file exists and can be loaded

  • Checks that data_path points to a valid CSV file

  • Verifies all specified targets and features exist in the data

  • Reports dataset dimensions and group information

What Gets Validated

Without --check-data

1. File existence - Config file exists and is readable

2. File format - Config file has .ini extension

3. Syntax - Valid INI format with all required sections

4. Required parameters - All mandatory parameters are present

5. Parameter values - Values are valid (e.g., valid model names, threshold methods)

With --check-data

All of the above, plus:

6. Data file existence - CSV file specified in data_path exists

7. Data loading - CSV can be parsed without errors

8. Column validation - Target columns exist in the data

9. Missing values - Data doesn’t contain unexpected missing values

10. Group validation - Group column exists (if specified)

See Also

• Run Command - Execute the full pipeline with nested CV

• Train Command - Train models on entire dataset for cross-dataset validation

• Create Config Command - Generate template configs