Controls Management

We periodically get questions from our auditors about changes within our SOX environment - for example, creation of new controls, changes in control significance, key reports, or systems.  I have seen the 'Data History' report that is available, b...

James Baird

Is it possible to download test forms in bulk, or export a csv of multiple test forms via API, as well as download all attachments for multiple tests?

Mark Isla

I no longer want to see decommissioned or inactive controls in my data type view or in control listings, etc. Is there a way to "hide" these controls or make them inactive so they don't show up anywhere? What about deleting them? Rebecca

Rebecca Demy Workiva Advocate

Are there Excel settings we need to be aware of and set so that after uploading to SOX/Audit workspace the file is displayed correctly in the evidence/markup viewer? Some sheets display fine, but others will display a few columns over a few pages....

Hoa Nguyen

I am using WDesk SOX for the first time as a Workspace Owner + Data Admin + Manager role. I received a notification when a tester completed a test, although I am not the control owner, test form owner or reviewer of that test. I am curious what ar...

An Nguyen

Is it possible to make "View Row Coordinates" visible by default in a report? I am frequently looking at the number of records in reports and have to toggle on Row Coordinates, it would be very helpful to make row coordinates permanently displayed. 

Christopher Clark

Hi, If I want to create a attribute testing matrix without sending a PBC request, how can I do that. Suppose there is no population as such and I dont want to send any PBC request for samples. I just want to create an attribute testing matrix in t...

Pooja Mehta

Hi, Here is the scenario:  - One standard control (say CTRL-5) that is applicable to multiple legal entities (say 10 entities)  - we need to test the control for each legal entity and there are two test phases: Interim and Year-end i.e. total 20 t...

Anit Jain

Hello,  Few weeks back, I created a new audit (20X1) using an existing (prior) audit (20XX). I then went into the 20X1, and then renamed the procedures and groups to match the new audit requirements. After a week, I came to 20X1 audit and noted th...

Arpna Aggarwal

Hi folks, Is there a way to mass upload PBC requests into Wdesk? It is a bit tedious to create each PBC request one by one manually..  

Anit Jain

Our company went public in 2018, we have been diligently working to get up to SOX404 standards.  In 2019 one of our major requirements was creating a repository and baseline testing of all of our Key Reports (ITDCs).  We are now looking for the mo...

Stephanie Campese

I am thinking of adding a test phase for the Key Report/IPE testing.  As these are tested on creation and then every so many years, I am not sure if I can create a link to a previous years test.  how are people tracking the Key report/IPE testing?

JAMES RODDA

I am trying to make flow charts using a presentation and need to link text back to control descriptions. I got one link to work by copy pasting the control to the presentation but was not able to replicate this. Is there an easier way to create th...

Connor Lavis

We are looking at getting away from emails for requesting/collecting PBCs in the generation of our 10-K. Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on this? We have both SEC reporting and Controls Management workspaces, but we are wanting ...

Austin Jefferson

I'm trying to create a link between our wdesk database, which stores control information to a word document in a project folder, so control information updated in the database is automatically updated in the word document. How would I create this ...

Gabe M

Don't know if there's a file size limit on files being uploaded to PBC requests.

Janet Flora

I have a population file from which I selected a number of samples within workiva. The sample file has 25 columns. I need only 10 specific columns to be pulled into the testing document. How can I make this selection? Is there a limit to the numbe...

David Siegelman

How to create multiple risk for specific control one control. Our framework has the controls which mitigates multiple risk & has multiple risk description. In current set up ,we have to update the all the risks under one risk tittle and risk desc...

Pritesh Kapadia

I'm looking for any tips and tricks related to the Issue and Action Plan sections of the SOX database. We are getting ready to use this feature and are looking for some best practices.

McKay Bates

Please help! After control owner submitted doc for a population request, the request status changed to Complete and I do not have the option to modify or return the request. PBC audit trail screenshot attached.

Ana Paola Hurtado

I'd like to create IPE reports on a process level. A report that will pull of the fields from the "Documents" section of the Data tab that we have aligned to a process or key control. Is this possible?

Danielle Wellington

I have a single control with several control owners. Are there plans to allow for PBC request duplication within the same control test or to allow a single PBC request to go out to multiple recipients? It is painful to recreate the same request mu...

Rebecca Demy Workiva Advocate

For SOX testing, I uploaded an Excel file as evidence for a sample, but cannot see comments made in the original Excel file. Is there a way to display these in Wdesk?

Yaakov Rosen

I can't find any instructions on how to create a new Audit Program. I am setting up a new ISO 27K Readiness Audit Program and can't seem to understand how to create the audit program and related data to which I can add test forms for each ISO cont...

Rebecca Demy Workiva Advocate

We are documenting process not before documented and we need to get the processes, risks and controls into Wdesk.

Donna White

Hi, I'd like to know whether there's an easier way to grant External Auditors (EA) view-only access to PBC Requests, than to set permissions individually, as requests are created. Also, as we have different SOX programs undergoing on different reg...

Alexandre Uehara

We want to use a part from Workiva as a repository with all our files of previous years SOX testing. We want to upload them  in ZIP-files, which is not possible...somebody else has the same problem/issue? Or how have you resolved this?

Levi Meskens

We have a self-assessment model with about 600 users in our database across 120 audit programs (about 1,900 controls tested each quarter). We have a number of individuals who are in oversight positions that would like to monitor progress each quar...

Kyle McMahon

We have included a risk rating for each control in the database using the "Assessment of Control" area. Is there a way to see this in the actual testing sheet for the control? Since the risk rating impacts sample size, it would be helpful to see t...

Allyson Brown