HOW TO APPROVE A VALUE USING VALIDATE

Duration (m:ss):

1:33

Description
This video demonstration will show you how to approve or disapprove a value during an Incisive Validate auditing session. We start this demonstration with a simple spreadsheet open.

How to approve a value using Validate

Notice: Approving a value is not the same as approving a formula. For formula approvals, see: approving a formula region
First, we start Validate and analyze the open workbook.
Next, we can approve a cell value using the mini-menu that appears when we mouse over the cell
By left clicking the mini-menu, we can choose the check to appove the cell value, or the 'X' to mark that cell value as suspect / disapproved
Next, we can approve a cell value that is generated by a formula
When we do that, all of the referenced cells are colored the approval color because they have inferred approval.
Similarly, we can mark a cell as disapproved or suspect with the 'X', and the cells referenced by the formula underneath are also marked with the suspect color.
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Transcript

How to Approve a Value Using Validate

In this demonstration, I'd like to show you how to approve cell values in Validate. So here we have a spreadsheet open, we can start Validate. And you can see that we formula regions drawn where the formulas are. And we have some data cells as well. This is a very simple spreadsheet. What I'd like to do is go ahead and use this mini-menu that appears over referenced cells to put a check or an X. So if you put a check, that's how you approve a cell value. So you can see that we see this value 1, and we want to approve it, we left click there and click the check mark. If the cell that you're approving or the value that you're approving is a formula, then all of the cells that it references will turn blue as well, and that's what we call inferred approval. So by saying that I think this cell has the correct value, then I think these as well are likely to have the correct value. Likewise, if you mark a value as suspect (with an X), the cells that it references are also more likely to be an errorhow to approve and disapprove values in Validate.

HOW TO APPROVE A VALUE USING VALIDATE

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