Add and manage model findings

Add findings within the ValidMind Platform UI at the model or documentation section level, update your findings to include proposed remediation plans and supporting documentation, or delete findings that no longer need to be tracked.

Prerequisites

• You are logged in to ValidMind.
• The model is already registered in the model inventory.¹
• Model documentation is completed or in progress for your model.²
• You are a Validator or assigned another role with sufficient permissions to perform the tasks in this guide.³

¹ Register models in the inventory

² Working with model documentation

³ Manage permissions

Add model findings

1. In the left sidebar, click Model Inventory.

2. Select a model by clicking on it or find your model by applying a filter or searching for it.⁴

3. In the left sidebar that appears for your model, click Documentation.

   You can now either log a finding on this overview page, or via a specific documentation section. Both methods will allow you to associate a finding with a documentation section.

⁴ Working with the model inventory

Add finding via overview

To log a finding from the documentation overview:

1. On your model’s Documentation page, click Add Finding.

2. On the Add Model Finding page that opens, provide information for:

   • Title
   • Risk area
   • Owner
   • Severity
   • Due date
   • Documentation section
   • Description

3. When you are done, click Save to submit the finding.

   Once created, you can then add supporting documentation to your finding.⁵

⁵ Manage supporting documentation

Add finding via section

While working within a section of your documentation, you can easily log a finding associated with that section without leaving the page:

1. Click on ValidMind Insights™ to expand the insight panel.

2. For the section you want to add a Finding for, click Add Finding beneath the Documentation Guidelines.

3. On the Add Model Finding page that opens, provide information for:

   • Title
   • Risk area
   • Owner
   • Severity
   • Due date
   • Documentation section
   • Description

   The documentation section will be auto-populated with the section you are working from — you are able to select another section if desired.

   

4. When you are done, click Save to submit the finding.

   Once created, you can then add supporting documentation to your finding.⁶

⁶ Manage supporting documentation

Update model findings

As findings get resolved or require other changes during the model validation process, you can update them:

1. Locate the finding you want to update.⁷

2. Click on a field to make changes. You can make updates to:

   • Title
   • Description
   • Proposed remediation plan
   • Supporting documentation⁸
   • Status
   • Severity
   • Risk area
   • Due date
   • Assignee
   • Documentation section

   You can also add comments to a finding.

⁷ View and filter model findings

⁸ Manage supporting documentation

Most updates are applied immediately but you must click Save to make changes to the finding title, description, proposed remediation plan, and attachments effective.

Manage supporting documentation

After a finding is created, you’re able to add supporting documentation to it.

Add attachment to finding

Uploaded files must be less than 50 MB in size.

1. On the findings detail page, click on the attachments header.

2. Click Add Attachment to select a file.

3. Click Save to submit the upload.

Remove attachment from finding

1. On the findings detail page, click on the attachments header.

2. Locate the file you want to remove.

   • Click to remove the file.
   • After you confirm, the attachment will be removed from the list.

3. Click Save to apply the deletion.

   After you save, the attachment will be removed permanently.

Delete model findings

Finding deletion is permanent.

While finding deletion will be logged under your Model Activity,⁹ deleted findings cannot be retrieved.

⁹ View model activity

If you logged a finding in error or otherwise no longer need to track that finding, you can delete it:

1. Locate the finding you want to delete.¹⁰

2. On the finding’s detail page, click Delete Finding in the right sidebar.

   Once you confirm, the finding will be permanently deleted.

   

¹⁰ View and filter model findings