Add or Arrange Columns

To add to the columns, click the Columns icon (at the upper right of the grid) and select the columns you want from its list. You can also arrange the order in which columns appear by dragging and dropping them in the list. Note, though, that these additions and arrangements don't persist; if you navigate away from the workstation and then return to it, only the default seven columns appear in their default order.

A certification owner may select up to six user attributes, which provide information about the users whose role assignments are under review. Some of the columns you can add display these attribute values. The following are also among the columns you can add:

• Pending Submission displays an icon if a user-role combination either hasn't yet been submitted or has been reopened by the owner or role manager. A blank cell indicates it has been submitted.

  Submission means that a certifier has forwarded records of certification decisions to the role manager for review. In a continuous certification, a certifier submits some user-role combinations, others are added later, and so it's expected that the project will include a mixture of submitted and unsubmitted records. In a standard certification, this mixture is unusual, because the certifier submits all user-role combinations at once. (However, it's possible in a standard certification because a role may be assigned to all eligible certifiers. If one of these certifiers submits a decision involving that role, the submitted record remains in the worksheets of the other certifiers.)

• Self-Certified displays an icon if a certifier has approved a role assignment to himself or herself. A blank cell indicates the certifier has made a judgment about some other user's role assignment.

  Regardless of whether this column is on display, two other actions apply when a certifier elects to keep one or more of his or her own roles. Upon submitting the worksheet, the certifier sees a message that recommends adding a comment to justify the certification decision. When an owner or role manager then opens the worksheet, a message announces that at least one record has been self-certified. It includes a link that filters for the self-certified records.

• Follow-Up Status reports the status of a follow-up request if one has been made. Status values include Requested (an owner or role manager has made the request), Addressed (the certifier has responded to the request), and Resolved (the owner or role manager has accepted the certifier's action).

• Last Decision Date and Last Decision By columns record when the most recent change was made to the value recorded in the Action column, and the person who made that change. Last Updated Date and Last Updated By columns record when the most recent change to any value was made (for example, a new comment was added), and the person who made that change.