Ascent Connector

IBM OpenPages® Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM) includes a connector for Ascent Reg Tech (Ascent).

The Ascent connector enables you to load Ascent regulatory library content directly into RCM as Mandate, Sub-Mandate, and Requirement objects.

Table 1. Ascent content categorization

Ascent content that is categorized as a ...

Is loaded as a...
Section Mandate
Rule Sub-Mandate
Task Requirement

During the data load, Sub-Mandates are associated to their parent Mandate objects. Also, Requirements are associated to their parent Sub-Mandate and to their grandparent Mandate through its Sub-Mandate association.

When regulators update or add content, Ascent provides updates through its feeds. The updates are then loaded into OpenPages by a scheduled job to update the regulatory library objects.

Note: To use the connector, you must meet the following prerequisites:
  • You must have an Ascent subscription. Work with Ascent to set up a feed. For more information, contact Ascent.
  • You must install the Ascent connector. For more information, contact IBM® Support.
When OpenPages imports regulatory feeds from Ascent, it does the following tasks:
  • Creates an object for each new incoming Mandate, Sub-Mandate, or Requirement and adds them to your regulatory library under /Library/RCM/RegLibrary/AscentRegLibrary. The Content Source field on each object is set to Ascent. For Mandates, the field is OPSS-Mand:Content Source. For Sub-Mandates, the field is OPSS-SubMand:Content Source. For Requirements, the field is OPSS-Req:Content Source.
  • Updates existing Mandates and Sub-Mandates with any incoming changes.
  • If a Requirement changes, the existing requirement is replaced with a new, updated Requirement.
  • If an incoming Requirement has supporting information from Ascent, the import creates Ascent Supporting Information objects and adds them as children of the Requirement.