Create a walkthrough

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • After defining a control, audit managers create walk throughs that will be conducted to observe and provide documented evidence of whether the associated control is operating correctly.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_audit.admin and sn_audit.manager

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Audit > Engagements > All Engagements.
    2. Open the engagement for the audit task you want to create.
      Assign audit tasks to engagement in one of the following states:
      • Validate
      • Fieldwork
      • Awaiting approval
    3. In the Audit Tasks Related List, click New.
    4. In the Audit Tasks Interceptor, click Walkthrough.
    5. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. Walkthrough form
      Field Description
      Number Unique identification number.
      State
      • Open
      • Work in Progress
      • Review
      • Closed Complete
      • Closed Incomplete
      • Closed Skipped
      Parent Parent audit task.
      Assigned to User assigned to this walkthrough.
      Short description Brief description of the walkthrough.
      Description Detailed explanation of the walkthrough.
      Schedule
      Planned start date Intended date the walkthrough should begin.
      Planned end date Intended date the walkthrough should end.
      Planned duration Expected duration of this walkthrough. As with actual duration, the planned duration shows total activity time and takes the walkthrough schedule into consideration.
      Actual start date Date that this walkthrough began.
      Actual end date Date that this walkthrough ended.
      Actual duration Duration of the walkthrough from start to end.
      Walkthrough
      Primary Contact User to contact for this walkthrough.
      Other Contacts Other users to contact for this walkthrough, if the primary contact is unavailable.
      Execution Steps Detail the activities to be performed during the walkthrough.
      Explanation Intended purpose of the walkthrough.
      Additional Information Additional information the user conducting the walkthrough needs to be aware of.
      Results Details of what transpired during the walkthrough.
      Activity
      Additional comments Customer-viewable comments.
      Work notes Comments that are viewable by the audit manager and audit manager.
      Confidentiality
      Confidential Option to enable confidentiality of the record. Only the assigned confidential users or confidential groups of users can access the record.

      For more information on confidential option, see Confidentiality flag for audit and compliance records.

    6. Click Submit.