SAP Risk and Assurance Management delivers standard content for dashboards, issues, risks, controls, and manual procedures—providing a solid foundation for users to effectively manage and monitor key compliance and risk activities.
Let’s begin by exploring the Issues Overview Dashboard, which provides a real-time visibility into all issues , their status, criticality, and ownership.
Issues Overview Dashboard
The Issues Overview dashboard is designed to help risk and control professionals monitor the progress and status of open issues, track validation findings, and ensure timely follow-up actions. This app streamlines issue management by consolidating relevant data into a single view, making it easier to identify what needs attention and who is responsible.
The primary purpose of the Issues Overview app is to support effective issue resolution and follow-up by presenting summarized, actionable information through interactive dashboard "cards."
Sample cards on the issues overview dashboard:
- Nominees Notified
- Displays the number of new issues that are not yet assigned to an owner, although a notification has been sent.
- Validation Findings Needing Follow-Up
- Highlights validation findings with inconsistent or missing data—for example, issues marked as completed but missing a conclusion.
- Open Issues by Status
- Shows a breakdown of open issues by their current status (for example, New, In Process).
- Tasks by Due Date and Priority
- Indicates the number of tasks that are due soon, such as this week or next week, along with their priority.
- Transferred Issues by Risk Level
- Displays open issues that have been transferred or are in the process of being transferred, grouped by risk level.
- Issue Owners
- Lists owners with the highest number of open issues, helping prioritize follow-up.
- Task Processors
- Shows users with the most open tasks, allowing better task management and workload distribution.
- Issues by Conclusion
- Categorizes issues based on their conclusion status: Confirmed, False Positive, Withdrawn, Omitted, or Not Set.
- Issues Created with Fallback Logic
- Provides visibility into issues generated via fallback logic (see related documentation for details).
- Quick Links
- This card provides direct access to commonly used apps for seamless navigation.
For further information, please visit the SAP Help Portal Issues Overview | SAP Help Portal.
Let's explore the manual procedure overview dashboard.
Manual Procedures Overview Dashboard
The Manual Procedures Overview dashboard serves as a comprehensive dashboard, presenting key metrics related to manual procedures through interactive cards displayed as charts and tables. This visual format allows for quick insights and effective monitoring of procedure progress and performance.
Sample cards on the Manual Procedures Overview Dashboard
- Manual Procedures by Status
- Displays both the percentage and total number of manual procedures by their current status, such as New, In Process, Sent for Review, Approved, Rejected, and Completed, providing an immediate sense of workflow distribution.
- Overall Results by Assurance Activity
- Breaks down the percentage and count of results according to different assurance activities, including Control Performance, Control Effectiveness Test, and Control Assessment.
- Overall Results
- Offers a classification view of results, Positive, Neutral, or Negative, grouped by assurance activity type to assess outcome trends across procedures.
- Overdue Manual Procedures
- Lists all manual procedures that are past their due dates, helping prioritize follow-ups and ensure timely completion.
- Ongoing Manual Procedures
- Highlights procedures that are still in progress and haven't been updated recently, along with their respective completion rates.
- Progress by Manual Procedure Owners
- Shows the completion rates of manual procedures by each assigned owner, making it easy to track individual accountability.
- Progress by Step Assignees
- Displays the progress made by individuals assigned to specific steps within procedures.
Let's explore the controls overview dashboard.
Control Overview Dashboard
In the Control Overview Dashboard, you can view the most recent updates filtered by time periods such as the last 1, 2, or 3 months, or the last year. The controls are listed with key details including:
- Control Name
- Control Owner
- Number of Automated and Manual Procedures
- Date and User of the Most Recent Change
Additionally, the dashboard displays the latest execution results of the controls, showing:
- The Control Owner
- The Most Recent Test or Monitoring Result
- The Recommended Monitoring Frequency for each control
This overview helps users quickly assess control status, ownership, and recent activity, enabling effective monitoring and timely follow-up actions.
Let's explore the risks overview dashboard.
Risks Overview Dashboard
The Risks Overview Dashboard provides visualization of both inherent and residual risks through heatmaps. These heatmaps display risks based on their likelihood and potential impact, allowing users to easily identify and prioritize the most significant risks.
Users can apply filters by organizational unit, operational objectives, risk category, and risk status to focus the analysis on specific areas of interest.
The risk heatmap is an essential tool for effective risk management, as it highlights critical risk areas that require immediate attention and supports informed decision-making regarding risk mitigation strategies.
Through its unique integration with SAP Analytics Cloud, these capabilities are significantly extended, providing advanced tools for compliance analysis, data visualization, and decision-making support.
For further information on SAP Analytics Cloud integration, please visit SAP Analytics Cloud | SAP Help Portal.