Controls Management

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

Where can I find instructions on how this works?

Donna White

Can the PBC Request software be updated to include more than one provider?  For instances when I am working with a process owner who has several team member obtaining support for our controls. It would be helpful and effective if those people coul...

Debree Reed

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

We are not able to attach backup details in our Change Mgmt reports and our ICFR meeting details.

Barbara Spradling

Hello I wanted to know in sox testing while making annotation on supporting is there any option to adjust "Green Bubble" Height and weight ? coz i am having test step and attribute number like 1.A.1.2 but green bubble only show 1.

Sumit Deore

During SOX testing preparation internalauditors need to generate initial information request list, and then follow up what has been received what not, and chase (repeating same process multiple times). It happens that client send some documents ...

Viktorija Titokaite

Hi! How would I add a new reviewer to the drop-down list available for reviewers in a test form? I am an account admin and have given the user permission to view/edit documents, and they have a manager/reviewer role as well. Thanks!

Hira Ahmad

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 implemented SOX database this fiscal year and are planning to begin using the Issues and Action Plans in the coming fiscal year. Any suggestions on best practices for the numbering of these? Also, does anyone use these for non-SOX issues (opera...

Ruth Nouanesengsy

When selecting Import - Matrix from File in the SOX testing environment, how do you format the cells? I can click on Edit, however all the options are grayed out and the cells are locked, but I can't unlock them.  Dates and dollar amounts do not c...

Lauren Hebert

We want to use a part from W-Desk 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

Hi everyone,I'm getting ready to use Workiva for the first time for our SOX testing.Does anyone has a guideline for the set up process?What needs to happen step by step? A checklist would be nice.Thanks,

Henry Bui (Termed)

Since walkthroughs are done at the process level (one transaction from beginning to end) but the Design test phases in Wdesk are at the control level, how do you document you design tests, meaning how do you store and document the testing. Do you ...

Donna White

If control wording changes from Round 1 ('R1') to Round 2 - how do you retain the original control wording for Round 1. Ultimately we would like to have the control wording at R1 remain with the testing executed at R1 & the new wording reflective...

Dorothea Monteleone

Hi All, We are in process of finalizing our SOX build and I have a question regarding the import/sampling functionality within Wdesk.We have users globally with various programs they use for the quarterly self-assessment. My question is, Which fil...

Kyle McMahon

Does anyone have field definitions for the IPE document form in the SOX module?

Donna White

One of my staff is unable to view tasks i have created and I want anyone on my staff to be able to view these. In this case it was a population PBC. What do I do to change things so everyone can view these?

Donna White

Please make an enhancement so that the text box for Instructions bigger. When the instructions are more than  few lines long they are cut off and therefore not easy to review. 

Donna White

Any idea when better documentation for the SOX components is going to be made available?

Donna White

I approved by PBC and evidence is showing under the sample but the only thing I can do with the evidence is download. How do I open in the viewer so I can mark it up and get this control tested?

Donna White

We have some tests which are only an inquiry and i cannot figure out how that id documented in a Wdesk SOX test.  Would you upload the file and then document what you did using the footnotes field?

Donna White

where are instructions on how to create and or add fields to a report?

Donna White