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Decision Management

When case management is enabled, the screening API stores decisions for each screening request. These endpoints allow you to retrieve and update decisions programmatically.

Enabling Case Management

To record screening decisions for later retrieval, you must enable case management in your configuration by setting use_case_manager to true in the general section.

Option 1: Set in Stored Configuration

Create or update a stored configuration with case management enabled:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.enigma.com/evaluation/sanctions/configuration/<query_type>' \
--header 'x-api-key: <YOUR API KEY>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Account-Name: <YOUR ACCOUNT NAME>' \
--data '{
"general": {
"use_case_manager": true
},
"entity": {
"alert_threshold": 0.8,
"hit_threshold": 0.5
}
}'

Then reference this configuration in your screening requests using stored_config_name.

Option 2: Set via Configuration Overrides

Include case management in your screening request's configuration_overrides:

curl --location 'https://api.enigma.com/evaluation/sanctions/screen' \
--header 'x-api-key: <YOUR API KEY>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"tag": "screening with decision recording",
"configuration_overrides": {
"general": {
"use_case_manager": true
}
},
"searches": [
{
"type": "ENTITY",
"entity_description": {
"person_name": ["John Doe"]
}
}
]
}'

Once case management is enabled, each screening request will automatically create a decision record that can be retrieved using the request_id from the screening response.

Get Single Decision

Retrieve a decision by its request ID.

curl --location 'https://api.enigma.com/evaluation/sanctions/decisions/get_one/<decision_id>' \
--header 'x-api-key: <YOUR API KEY>'

Response:

{
"request_id": "fed01a4a-da7e-11ee-8600-0a58a9feac02",
"status": "pending_review",
"alert": true,
"tag": "example screening request",
"assignee_id": "user-123",
"created_at": "2024-03-04T23:29:07.084985+00:00",
"updated_at": "2024-03-05T10:15:00.000000+00:00"
}

Get Multiple Decisions

Retrieve multiple decisions with pagination and filtering options.

curl --location 'https://api.enigma.com/evaluation/sanctions/decisions/get_many?page=0&amt=10&alert=true&status=pending_review' \
--header 'x-api-key: <YOUR API KEY>'

Query Parameters

ParameterDescriptionRequired
pagePage number for pagination (0-indexed)No (default: 0)
amtNumber of results per pageNo (default: 10)
alertFilter by alert status (true or false)No
tagFilter by request tagNo
assignee_idFilter by assigned user IDNo
from_dateFilter decisions from this date (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)No
to_dateFilter decisions up to this date (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)No
statusFilter by decision statusNo

Update Decision

Update a decision's status, assignee, or other properties.

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.enigma.com/evaluation/sanctions/decisions/update_one' \
--header 'x-api-key: <YOUR API KEY>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"request_id": "fed01a4a-da7e-11ee-8600-0a58a9feac02",
"status": "cleared",
"assignee_id": "user-456",
"notes": "Reviewed and cleared - false positive"
}'

Update Fields

FieldDescription
request_idThe decision ID to update (required)
statusNew status for the decision
assignee_idUser ID to assign the decision to
notesNotes or comments about the decision