POST/api/v1/forensics/baseline-compare/async

Baseline Variance Analysis (Async)

Submit async baseline comparison for large schedules. Poll GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}.

Request example

json

{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "T1",
      "duration_days": 5
    }
  ]
}

Request fields from OpenAPI contract

Required fields and the optional fields that change this call are listed here. The shared task model stays on the task schema guide.

This table is generated from the endpoint schema in openapi.json.

Field	Type	Required	Description
current_schedule	object	Required	Current schedule snapshot for baseline comparison.
current_schedule.tasks	array<unknown>	Required	No description in OpenAPI contract.
current_schedule.tasks[].id	string	Required	Unique task identifier
current_schedule.status_date	string	Required	No description in OpenAPI contract.
baseline_schedule	object	Required	Approved baseline schedule for comparison.
baseline_schedule.tasks	array<unknown>	Required	No description in OpenAPI contract.
baseline_schedule.tasks[].id	string	Required	Unique task identifier
baseline_schedule.baseline_date	string	Required	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history	array<unknown>	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].snapshot_date	string	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].tasks	array<unknown>	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].tasks[].id	string	Optional	Unique task identifier
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_days	number	Optional	Task duration in days
schedule_history[].tasks[].predecessors	array<string \| unknown>	Optional	List of predecessor task IDs or dependency links. Supports: 'T1', 'T1FS+5 d', 'T2SS-2 d', or DependencyLink objects
schedule_history[].tasks[].name	string \| null	Optional	Task name
schedule_history[].tasks[].resource	string \| null	Optional	Resource assigned to task
schedule_history[].tasks[].resources	array<string>	Optional	List of resources assigned (for multi-resource tasks)
schedule_history[].tasks[].percent_complete	number	Optional	Percent complete (0-100)
schedule_history[].tasks[].physical_percent_complete	number \| null	Optional	Physical percent complete (0-100). Manual EVM entry by scheduler (MSP PhysicalPercentComplete). Authoritative for BCWP calculations. Captured separately from percent_complete on MSP imports.
schedule_history[].tasks[].planned_start	string \| null	Optional	Planned start date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].planned_finish	string \| null	Optional	Planned finish date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].actual_start	string \| null	Optional	Actual start date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].actual_finish	string \| null	Optional	Actual finish date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].baseline_start	string \| null	Optional	Baseline start date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].baseline_finish	string \| null	Optional	Baseline finish date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].constraint_type	string \| null	Optional	Constraint type: ASAP, ALAP, SNET, SNLT, FNET, FNLT, MSO, MFO
schedule_history[].tasks[].constraint_date	string \| null	Optional	Constraint date if applicable (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].task_type	string \| null	Optional	Task type classification. Valid values: task (default), milestone, loe, summary, schedule_margin, planning_package, slpp, schedule_visibility. Drives which DCMA checks exclude the task.
schedule_history[].tasks[].wbs_code	string \| null	Optional	WBS code (e.g., '1.2.3')
schedule_history[].tasks[].organization_code	string \| null	Optional	Org/dept identifier for anomaly categorization (Progress Audit)
schedule_history[].tasks[].custom_field_map	object \| null	Optional	All WBS/OBS-pattern custom fields discovered in this MS Project file, keyed by alias (e.g., 'CWBS', 'OBS'). Null for XER imports or when no matching aliases exist.
schedule_history[].tasks[].forecast_start	string \| null	Optional	Current forecast start date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].forecast_finish	string \| null	Optional	Current forecast finish date (ISO 8601)
schedule_history[].tasks[].total_float_days	number \| null	Optional	Pre-computed total float in days. Auto-computed by CPM if absent.
schedule_history[].tasks[].baseline_duration_days	number \| null	Optional	Baseline duration in days. Auto-computed from baseline dates if absent.
schedule_history[].tasks[].delay_category	string \| null	Optional	Delay attribution category. Valid values: owner, contractor, design, procurement, weather, force_majeure.
schedule_history[].tasks[].earned_value	number \| null	Optional	Earned Value (BCWP) in cost units. Requires options.include_ev_validation.
schedule_history[].tasks[].budgeted_cost	number \| null	Optional	Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) in cost units.
schedule_history[].tasks[].approval_required	boolean \| null	Optional	Whether this task requires explicit approval before it can start.
schedule_history[].tasks[].approval_status	string \| null	Optional	Approval workflow state. Valid values: not_required, pending, approved, rejected.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_distribution_type	string \| integer \| null	Optional	Duration distribution. None, Uniform, Triangular, Normal, Beta, or LogNormal.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_optimistic	number \| null	Optional	Optimistic duration, as days or a percent of duration_days.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_most_likely	number \| null	Optional	Most likely duration, as days or a percent of duration_days.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_pessimistic	number \| null	Optional	Pessimistic duration, as days or a percent of duration_days.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_confidence_interval	number \| null	Optional	Confidence interval percent, 50 through 100.
schedule_history[].tasks[].duration_estimate_unit	string \| null	Optional	duration or percent_of_deterministic.
schedule_history[].tasks[].probability_of_existence	number \| null	Optional	Chance the activity occurs, 0 through 100.
schedule_history[].tasks[].discrete_risk	string \| null	Optional	Risk id this activity points at.
schedule_history[].tasks[].correlation_sources	array<string> \| null	Optional	Named correlation sources, same order as the coefficients.
schedule_history[].tasks[].correlation_coefficients	array<number> \| null	Optional	Correlation to each source, percent from -100 through 100.
schedule_history[].tasks[].analysis_focal_item	boolean \| null	Optional	Marks a sensitivity target.
schedule_history[].tasks[].calendar_id	string \| null	Optional	Calendar whose lost-time model applies.
schedule_history[].tasks[].probabilistic_branch	array<object> \| null	Optional	Mutually exclusive successors and their weights.
schedule_history[].tasks[].conditional_branch	array<object> \| null	Optional	Successors chosen from the predecessor finish.
schedule_history[].planned_value_total	number \| null	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].earned_value_total	number \| null	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].actual_cost_total	number \| null	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
schedule_history[].budget_at_completion	number \| null	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options	object	Optional	Options controlling baseline compare analysis.
options.match_strategy	string	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.fuzzy_match_threshold	number	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.variance_threshold_days	integer	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_task_variances	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_critical_path_only	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_logic_changes	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_oos_impact	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_trends	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.trend_analysis_periods	integer	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_evms_trends	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.eac_method	string	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_forecast_trends	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.variance_acceleration_threshold	number	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.
options.include_chart_data	boolean	Optional	No description in OpenAPI contract.

Response example

json

{
  "score": 92,
  "grade": "A"
}

Response fields from OpenAPI contract

This table is generated from the endpoint response schema in openapi.json.

Field	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Required	Documentation URL for the code: https://bellatorsi.com/problems/<slug>.
title	string	Required	Short summary of the problem type.
status	integer	Required	HTTP status code.
detail	string	Required	What went wrong in this request.
code	string	Required	Stable UPPER_SNAKE machine code.

Schema

json-schema

{
  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
}

Authentication

API key required

Reference details

Operation ID: forensics_baseline_compare_async
Section: Forensics
Tags: Forensics
Playground link: /playground?endpoint=%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fforensics%2Fbaseline-compare%2Fasync&method=post

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