SOX Program Management

SOX Program Management is a dashboard in Activity Center. It contains the following tabs:

  • Program Oversight
  • Risks
  • Walkthroughs
  • Control Testing
  • Issues
  • Certifications

These tabs contain visuals of the respective resource. The data in these visuals is fetched from the Projects app.

Note

To view SOX data in Activity Center, you must first select a SOX project in the SOX Program Management dashboard.

To learn more about a SOX program, see Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance

Views in SOX Program Management

The following views are available in SOX Program Management.

Section

 Views

Program Oversight

  • Controls
  • Residual Risk
  • Issues
  • Walkthrough Results
  • Walkthrough Results by Process
  • Control Effectiveness Testing by Process
Risks
  • Risk Status
  • Inherent vs Residual Risk by Process
  • Top Residual Risks
Walkthroughs
  • Walkthrough Status
  • Walkthroughs by Process
  • Walkthrough Next Reviewer
Control Testing
  • Control Testing Status by Round
  • Control Effectiveness Testing by Process
  • Incomplete Control Testing by Assignee
Issues
  • Issue Type and Status
  • Issue Severity
  • Top Issue Owners
Certifications
  • Certification Status
  • Certification Status by Group
  • Certification Status by Participant

Where is the data coming from?

The data in the dashboard is fetched from the Projects app. When you make any change in the Projects app, it will reflect in the Activity Center app and vice versa.

Note

If the changes you made in the Projects app do not appear in the Activity Center, do the following:

  • Refresh the page. Note that refreshing the page will reset any filters you have applied.
  • For some fields in the Controls bar such as Owner name, you have to refresh individually by going over the field name, clicking the Menu options and selecting Refresh.

To learn more about filters and refresh options, see Filter and refresh options in the Activity Center app.

Filter and refresh options in the Activity Center app

In the dashboard page, you can customize data used in the visuals by using the filter options. You can apply filters that affect either one visual or all the visuals.

  • Visual filter You can click on any part of the visualization, and the dashboard data gets updated based on your selection. You can click again on the same part of the visualization to remove the filter.
  • Controls bar You can click on the Controls bar above the visuals and apply filters to refine data based on your preference. The filters applied will affect all the visuals in the page.

Resetting filters

There are multiple ways of removing the filters applied:

  • To remove all the filters at once, you can either refresh the page or click the Reset icon above the tab names.
  • To remove a visual filter, click on the same part of the visualization that you first applied.
  • To remove an individual filter from the Controls bar, click on the Controls bar, mouse over the field name, click and select Reset.

Note

If the changes you made in the Projects app do not appear in the Activity Center, do the following:

  • Refresh the page. Note that refreshing the page will reset any filters you have applied.
  • For some fields in the Controls bar, you have to refresh individually by going over the field name and clicking the Menu options and Refresh.

Export a visualization to CSV file

To export a visualization, perform the following steps:

  • Open the Activity Center app.
  • In the left navigation panel, ensure you are in the correct dashboard.
  • In the dashboard page, go to the tab that contains the visualization you want to export.
  • Apply or reset any filters if you want to. For more information, see Filter and refresh options in the Activity Center app.
  • Click on the visualization you want to export.
  • Click Menu options and select Export to CSV.

Result The visualization is downloaded to your computer in CSV format.

Export a table to CSV or Excel file

To export a table, perform the following steps:

  • Open the Activity Center app.
  • In the left navigation panel, ensure you are in the correct dashboard.
  • In the dashboard page, go to the tab that contains the table you want to export.
  • Apply or reset any filters if you want to. For more information, see Filter and refresh options in the Activity Center app.
  • Click on the table you want to export.
  • Click Menu options and select Export to CSV or Export to Excel.

Result The table is downloaded to your computer in the selected format.