Glossary

This file is generated by the Infor Portable Data Extractor Utility when data is extracted remotely.

To stop a task with status as In Progress or Queued

An archival connection is the name of the connection, which has details such as the server and database name where the data will be archived.

An archive is a complete record of the data in part or all of a computer system, stored on an infrequently used medium.

This extraction type uses DEE 4.5 to extract data. Background processing means that SAP uses a background process to extract data instead of a dialog connection.

A feature to take a snapshot of selected tables and their data after performing an extraction.

The Business Process Owner stands below the Rule Book Owner in the rule book ownership hierarchy. Business Process Owners have the same rights as Rule Book Owners; but cannot add or remove Rule Book Owners and Business Process Owners.

Feature to exclude the same set of violating objects from all rules in a single rule book or from multiple rule books

A Compensating Control is a list of instructions, procedures or agreements that supports the existence of a rule violation.

Connections enable you to connect Infor Risk & Compliance to your ERP application so that data extraction can be performed.

A user with the Connection Owner role can access the connections on the Connections page and can assign other connections owners and connection users. A connection owner also has the authority to delete or modify the owned connections.

A connection user does not have the authority to delete or modify connections, or to add other connection users but can use the assigned connection for analysis.

A consolidated view of the findings of an analyses as panels or graphs.

Extraction is the process of acquiring data from the underlying ERP system for analysis in Infor Risk & Compliance.

A database consists of an organized collection of data for one or more uses.

When you extract data over a period of time, large volumes of data is accumulated. Deleting these previously extracted accumulated data, helps in improving the overall performance, and enables to run analysis against relevant data set. This feature is supported only for Process Insights and enables you to delete unwanted data through the Infor Risk & Compliance User Interface.

Disable a rule book if you do not want the rules within it to be considered for analysis.

An ad hoc querying tool for reviewing data extracted into Infor Risk & Compliance.

A rule book needs to be enabled in order to be considered for analysis.

A list of Infor Risk & Compliance users and roles that are marked as excluded.

A primary source for navigating and remediating exceptions generated during analyses.

A feature to define the hierarchical conditions or scopes based on your ERP data and manage these scopes through the Infor Risk & Compliance user interface, thereby giving you more control.

In a full extraction, data from the previous extraction is replaced with the latest extracted data. This type of extraction is used if a previous extraction has failed or if you encounter some internal problems.

Functionality that enables signed-in users to search for data from Infor Risk & Compliance Platform or Infor Risk & Compliance Insights.

A central repository for pending tasks, scheduled reports, and notifications about task statuses.

The rule book Import/Export History option is designed to help you track your files and displays a list of import or export tasks performed.

An incremental extraction brings updates to the already extracted data and performs a full extraction for the incremental dates.

Infor reports are formatted and organized presentation of data monitored and managed by Infor Risk & Compliance. The reports deliver information about violations based on the defined Business Controls through users and their capabilities within the ERP application.

Infor Portable Data Extractor is used to extract data remotely and can be used either as a stand-alone utility or can be installed on the same server as Infor Risk & Compliance.

Feature to create specific words that can be associated with rules and parameter lists. Keywords are used while scheduling an analysis.

Infor Risk & Compliance allows rule books to be locked so that they cannot be modified. Only Rule Book Owners, Business Process Owners and Super Users are authorized to lock and unlock their rule books.

Notified by emails when events occur in Infor Risk & Compliance.

Offline connections are used to import a .beu file generated by the Portable Data Extractor Utility, import an .xml file if extraction is script-based (codeless), map the extracted data in a .beu file to an existing online or offline connection.

Select the offline extraction option if you wish to extract data from a mapped connection.

Online connections establish a direct connection between Infor Risk & Compliance and your ERP application.

This extraction enables you to extract data directly from the ERP.

A feature to set the password policies and account policies for Infor Risk & Compliance users.

Consistent set of controls across an environment.

Pre-Analysis check is done when if you attach parameter lists during analysis. When you click this button, Infor Risk & Compliance displays the Pre Analysis report. This report tells you whether the correct parameter list has been attached and whether it contains the required values.

Parameters provided to scope down a report

An electronic message initiated by an authorized Infor Risk & Compliance user for various reasons.

A rule book is a collection of rules. Rule books are an easy and efficient way of organizing and managing rules since grouping makes it easier to manage and operate rules as business needs change.

A Rule Book Owner is the creator of the rule book and is also its default owner. RBOs have full administrative permissions over the rule book. The RBO can add and remove other Rule Book Owners and Business Process Owners.

Scoping extractions based on a rule book or a set of rule books.

Scope filters are used to narrow the scope of the analysis.

Access to a secured connection is restricted to authorized users.

Roles that contain pre-defined permissions that control which pages users can view and the action they can take from those pages.

Two-step extraction consists of the following steps:1. Data is extracted from the DEE and stored in an .xml file.2. Extracted data from the .xml file is transferred to the Infor Risk & Compliance database.

Unlock a rule book so that it can be modified. By default, a rule book is always unlocked.

Access to an unsecured connection is not restricted to specific users.

Upload data extracted from an offline connection to the Infor Risk & Compliance application server.

A primary source for navigating and remediating violations generated during analyses.

It helps to determine the impact of making a change before you actually make a change in the ERP application