Set Up Decision Matrices to Determine the Risk Category for a Party Profile Onboarding
Set up a Decision Matrix and then build an expression set to automate the calculation of a risk category for a Party Profile record.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience in Professional, Enterprise, and Unlimited Editions that have the Financial Services Cloud enabled |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To create, update, and delete expression sets: | Rule Engine Designer |
| To use decision tables in Business Rules Engine: | Rules Engine Runtime |
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To determine the risk category for a party profile based on employment industry, create a
decision matrix.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Business Rules Engine.
- From the app navigation menu, select Lookup Tables.
- Click New.
- Select Decision Matrix and click Next.
- For Name, enter EmploymentIndustryRisk, and for Type, select Standard.
- Save your work.
- On the record page for your new decision matrix, on the Related tab, click version 1 of the matrix.
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Add columns to define your input and output data.
Here’s a sample decision matrix for mapping an application form to an assessment type:
Input Data Output Data EmploymentIndustry (Text) EmploymentIndustryRisk (Number) Banking 1 Energy and Utilities 2 Government 1 Healthcare 2 IT 1 Mining 10 Real Estate 2 - Save and activate your decision table.
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To determine the risk category for a party profile based on employment type, create another
decision matrix:
- From the App Launcher, find and select Business Rules Engine.
- From the app navigation menu, select Lookup Tables.
- Click New.
- Select Decision Matrix and click Next.
- For Name, enter EmploymentTypeRisk, and for Type, select Standard.
- Save your work.
- On the record page for your new decision matrix, on the Related tab, click version 1 of the matrix.
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Add columns to define your input and output data.
Here’s a sample decision matrix for mapping an application form to an assessment type:
Input Data Output Data EmploymentIndustry (Text) EmploymentIndustryRisk (Number) Full Time 1 Independent Contractor 5 Part-Time 7 Retired 6 Student 9 Temporary 9 Unemployed 10 - Save and activate your decision table.
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To determine the risk category for a party profile based on source of funds, create another
decision matrix.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Business Rules Engine.
- From the app navigation menu, select Lookup Tables.
- Click New.
- Select Decision Matrix and click Next.
- For Name, enter FundSourceRisk, and for Type, select Standard.
- Save your work.
- On the record page for your new decision matrix, on the Related tab, click version 1 of the matrix.
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Add columns to define your input and output data.
Here’s a sample decision matrix for mapping an application form to an assessment type:
Input Data Output Data FundSource (Text) FundSourceRisk (Number) Business Income 5 Commission 4 Government Benefits 10 Rental Income 3 Salary 1 - Save and activate your decision table.
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To determine the overall risk category for a party profile based on employment industry,
employment type, and source of funds, create another decision matrix.
You can also associate the risk category with the date of the next party profile review in the same decision matrix.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Business Rules Engine.
- From the app navigation menu, select Lookup Tables.
- Click New.
- Select Decision Matrix and click Next.
- For Name, enter OverallRiskWithReviewPeriod, and for Type, select Standard.
- Save your work.
- On the record page for your new decision matrix, on the Related tab, click version 1 of the matrix.
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Add columns to define your input and output data.
Here’s a sample decision matrix for mapping an application form to an assessment type:
Input Data Output Data OverallRisk (Number Range) OverallRiskValue (Text) KYCReviewPeriod (Number) 0 Low 36 3 Medium 12 5 High 6 - Save and activate your decision table.
After you create the decision matrix, reference it from the Evaluate Party Profile Risk expression set template. In the sample expressions set template, update the formula in the Calculation step to suit your business needs. The flow with the label, Onboarding: Assess the Risk Category for the Party Profile and Update the Party Profile Stage, calls this expression set during the onboarding process to determine the risk category of the party profile.
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