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Processing Controls

Maintaining Processing Accuracy

Processing Controls ensure transactions are processed accurately, completely, and only once. They verify that business rules are applied correctly throughout transaction processing.

  • Sequence checks.
  • Reasonableness checks.
  • Run-to-run totals.
  • Hash totals.
  • Duplicate transaction detection.
  • Automated calculations.
Summary
Processing Controls ensure business logic executes accurately during transaction processing.