Registering an analysis flow

You must register an analysis flow before you can run an analytic. When you register an analysis flow, a unique ID is assigned to that flow.

About this task

Attention: Before you register a new analytic within the system, you must enter any custom fraud assessment values into the Counter Fraud database first so that the custom assessment values can have actions that are associated with them from the user interface. This value must be passed by the external analytic when sending in assessments via the alert messaging service. If the value passed in the assessment differs from that registered, the assessment is refused.

Procedure

To register an analysis flow:

  1. From the Administrator role, click Menu > Analysis Flows.
  2. Click Register.
  3. Enter a name, description, deployment version, context, and queue reference.
    Name
    The name does not need to be unique, but it is a good practice to use a unique name.
    Description
    Descriptive text for the analysis flow is optional.
    Deployment version
    You can enter any decimal value, such as 1.0.
    Context
    The list of available contexts depends on which content packs are installed. The type of suspected fraud and its related risk is within the context of a specific analysis. For example, an assessment of High from a Know Your Customer context does not provide any indication of an anti-money laundering context.
    Queue reference (Managed Analytic type only)
    The queue reference is the WebSphere® MQ queue that is used to send an analysis request to this specific analysis flow. When the Analysis Director is informed that data is coming into IBM® Counter Fraud Management, the Analysis Director determines which analysis flows are interested in that type of information and then sends a message to each analysis flow through its control queue.
    Reference ID (Monitored Analytic type only)
    This unique ID is a string passed in from the monitored analytic. It is used for tracking purposes.
    Other (Managed Analytic type only)
    Includes additional queue-based information. For example, this field could refer to a queue that might not yet be created in the queue manager.
  4. Click OK. The new analysis flow is listed in the Grouping View.

What to do next

After the flow is registered, you can edit the properties that are associated with the flow, set the initialization criteria, specify the assessment actions, and set the lifecycle state for the flow. When you register a new analysis flow, the lifecycle state is set to Submitted. An analysis flow must be in the Approved state to be run.