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sn_compliance.entity_hierarchy_based_scoring

The sn_compliance.entity_hierarchy_based_scoring property enables scoring based on the entity hierarchy within the Governance, Risk, and Compliance application. Admins should review this setting to ensure compliance scoring aligns with organizational policies and practices.

Default
false
Type
boolean
Application
GRC: Policy and Compliance Management

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This boolean property determines whether scoring is influenced by the entity hierarchy, impacting how compliance is assessed within the GRC framework.
What area does it affect? GRC: Policy and Compliance Management
What does the default mean? The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring compliance scoring strategies or during policy updates.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name sn_compliance.entity_hierarchy_based_scoring
Sys ID 9e80bd3ac1ca9250f877d17fce6a27cf
Type boolean
Application GRC: Policy and Compliance Management
Default value false
Description Entity hierarchy based scoring
Updated 2026-04-20 07:54:22

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

Brazil docs View supporting context
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... States and/or other countries. Other company names, product names, and logos may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 2227 Name Description Entity hierarchy based scoring sn_compliance.entity_hierarchy_based_scoring • Type: true or false • Default value: false • Location: All > Policy and Compliance > Administration > Properties Trigger control attestations based on the created or updated date ...
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... its directly linked controls instead of its associated control objectives. For the control-objective-based and directly-linked-controls formulas, see Compliance score calculation for a citation . 4. Set Entity hierarchy based scoring (sn_compliance.entity_hierarchy_based_scoring) to Yes to calculate the compliance score of an entity from its downstream entities and its direct controls. When the property is set to No, which is the default, the ...

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