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Decision Governance (Who Can Decide What)

Decision governance answers who may approve which class of business decision at which limit. Agents and CPQ query EntiHub instead of guessing.

Why this is needed

  • Discount, credit, and procurement authorities are tribal or buried in SOPs.
  • AI must not invent approval chains.
  • Delegation and temporary cover need an auditable register.

Proposed entities in EntiHub

Governance settings

Setting Recommended value Why
approvalRequired true Changing who can approve large discounts is controlled.
historyEnabled true Reconstruct authority bands for audits.
allowSameAuthorApproval false Maker/checker separation for sensitive changes.
deletedRetentionDays 90 (or higher) Soft-delete retention for auditability.

Entity definition (YAML sketch)

name: decision_authority
displayName: Decision authority
domain: Decisioning
description: Decision authority
version: "1.0.0"
approvalRequired: true
historyEnabled: true
deletedRetentionDays: 90
displayRefColumn: decision_type
uniqueConstraints:
  - name: uq_decision_authority_0
    columns: [decision_type, min_value, unit]
columns:
  - name: decision_type
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 64
  - name: min_value
    dataType: decimal
    nullable: false
  - name: max_value
    dataType: decimal
    nullable: true
  - name: unit
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 16
  - name: required_role
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 64
  - name: delegate_role
    dataType: string
    nullable: true
    maxLength: 64
  - name: status
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 16

YAML sketches

Sketches highlight the important fields and governance flags. Trim or extend columns to match your domain. See Setup Entity for the full YAML reference.

Sample data

decision_type min_value max_value unit required_role delegate_role status
discount 0 20 percent Sales Manager Team Lead active
discount 20 30 percent Regional Director Sales Manager active
discount 30 50 percent CFO Regional Director active

Benefits for the company

  • Agents answer “may I offer 35%?” with a governed lookup.
  • Clear escalation paths reduce deal-desk chaos.
  • Differentiates EntiHub from classic golden-record MDM.