SOX Approval and Sign-Off

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 1

Complete the Identity fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Domain entity ID (required)

  entityId

  The organisation or system this record is about — lowercase with dashes, e.g. acme-corp-hq. Pick one you have used before, or type a new id to create it.

• What is being approved (required)

  objectType

  Approval requirements differ by object — a management assertion is not a control test result.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 2

Complete the Segregation fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Prepared by (required)

  preparerId

  Enter prepared by.

• Approved by (required)

  approverId

  A named individual. Not a role, not a queue, not a service account — "the Controller approved it" is not an answer if three people have held the role.

• Segregation exceptionoptional

  segregationExceptionReason

  Where segregation is genuinely impossible — a two-person finance team — the exception is recorded and visible, never silently permitted.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 3

Complete the Delegation fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Acting under delegationoptional

  isDelegated

  Enter acting under delegation.

• Delegated byoptional

  delegatedBy

  Enter delegated by.

• Delegation expiresoptional

  delegationExpiresAt

  Unbounded delegation is indistinguishable from a shared credential.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 4

Complete the Timing fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Decided at (required)

  decidedAt

  When the human decided.

• Recorded at (required)

  recordedAt

  When it was written. A gap is sometimes legitimate and sometimes the whole problem — the platform makes it visible rather than impossible.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 5

No manual input is captured here: this step is completed from the preceding sections or by the platform.

No manual inputs in this step.