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How to perform a Test of Control for Government Audits with DataSnipper

Use Smart Search and Snips to perform a checklist-style test of control for government audits in DataSnipper.

Use DataSnipper's Smart Search and Snips to perform a checklist-style test of control, verifying attributes across multiple documents for government audit procedures.

Video tutorial

What the video covers: importing a Grant Agreement and Final Project Report, using Smart Search and Text Snip to extract initial details, applying Validation and Exception Snips to verify control attributes, and using CTRL-click to link multiple Snips to the same cell.

Prerequisites

  • Grant Agreement

  • Final Report

Start procedure

  1. Import your Grant Agreement and Final Project Report into DataSnipper.

  2. Use Smart Search to find the initial details and Text Snip to extract that data into the worksheet.

Using Smart Search and Text Snip to extract initial details

  1. Use Validation and Exception Snips to verify information across your files for each attribute of this Checklist Control.

  2. Use Smart Search to quickly find keywords, and hold down the CTRL key to add several connected Snips to the same cell.

Linking multiple Snips to one cell using CTRL-click

  1. Review your test of control and ensure all misalignments are flagged for the reviewer.

Final review of test of control with flagged misalignments
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