Configure Anomaly Controls

Anomaly controls identify and mark invoices that deviate from defined criteria.

The controls are configured using natural-language instructions in the Compliance & Control experience.

Available anomaly patterns include:

• Invoice Currency
• Remittance Bank Account
• High Invoice Amount
• Fraudulent Invoice
• Duplicate Invoice

To configure anomaly controls:

1. Open Payables Agent.
2. Select the Equalizer icon.
3. Select Compliance & Control.
4. Open the Controls tab.
5. Select or describe the anomaly pattern to activate.
6. Specify the applicable criteria, such as:
   • Historical period
   • Variation percentage
   • Invoice attributes to compare
7. Review the generated control.
8. Activate and save the control.

Patterns aren't enforced until they are explicitly enabled.

An enabled anomaly pattern can be disabled when it is no longer required or while its criteria are being refined. Disabling the pattern stops future enforcement but doesn't delete the pattern.

When configuring controls:

• Select only patterns that support the organization’s policies.
• Use historical periods and variation thresholds appropriate to the control objective.
• Avoid enabling all patterns without first tuning their criteria.
• Test each control using representative invoice scenarios.
• Refine criteria to reduce false positives.
• Use the Currency, Amount, Invoice Date, Supplier, Supplier Site, Purchase Order Number, and Invoice Header Description influence criteria only with the Fraudulent Invoice anomaly.
  • Use Yes or Y to enable these criteria. The control treats any other value, including No, N, or blank, as disabled.
  • Don't provide these criteria for anomaly types other than Fraudulent Invoice. Doing so results in an "unsupported influence attributes" validation error, regardless of whether the value is set to Yes or No.
• Amount Variation is a percentage-based numeric field. For example, enter 100 to represent 100%.
• Enter Time Period as a numeric value that represents number of days. Don't enter text such as "Past 30 Days"; enter 30 instead.

Invoices identified with anomalies are surfaced for review and may move to a Needs Revalidation status during processing.