Modify and review controls
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The Risks & controls tab displays a list of the controls identified in your engagement, where you can view, add, modify and delete controls. You can also access this tab from 551 Controls report.
To modify a control:
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Select a control to open it.
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Select the Control name and Control description text fields to edit them.
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Select Add () to add cycles to the control.
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Select a control type from the drop down menu.
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Select Add () to link risks to the control.
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Complete any other applicable options, such as assigned assertions, control frequency, whether to test the control and the result of its effectiveness.
If there are no changes to a control from the prior period, the control will automatically carry forward during a year-end close. To learn more, see Carry forward an engagement.