Starting attestation
In the Web Portal, there are two ways for you to set up attestation cases for an attestation policy. You can trigger attestation through a scheduled task or you can start selected objects individually.
To start attestation using a scheduled task
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Attestation Policies.
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On the Attestation Policies page, next to the attestation you want to start, click 
(Actions) > Edit.
TIP: To display disabled attestation policies, enable the Show disabled policies.
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In the Edit attestation policy pane, deselect the Disabled box.
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In the Calculation schedule menu, specify how often an attestation run with this attestation policy is started.
Each attestation run creates a new attestation case respectively.
To start attestation for selected objects
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Attestation Policies.
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On the Attestation Policies page, next to the attestation policy that you want to start, click (Actions) > Start attestation.
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In the Start attestation pane, perform one of the following actions:
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To start attesting an object, click Start attestation next to the object.
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To start attesting several object, select the check box in front of each object and click Start attestation for selected.
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To start attesting all objects, click Start attestation for all.
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Attestation runs
Once attestation has started, a corresponding attestation run is added that, in turn, creates an attestation case. Attestation runs show you the attestation prediction and give you an overview of pending attestation cases.
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Displaying attestation policy runs
You can the display attestation runs of attestation policies.
To display attestation policy runs
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Attestation runs.
This opens the Attestation Policy Runs page
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(Optional) To display more details of an attestation run (current date, details about attestation, attestation prediction, and attestors), click Details next to the attestation run, then the information is displayed in the details pane.
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Displaying attestation cases of application runs
You can view all attestation cases created in an attestation run. In addition, you can approve or reject pending attestation cases.
To display attestation cases of an attestation run
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Attestation runs.
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On the Attestation Runs page, click Details next to the attestation run with the attestation cases you want to display.
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In the View Attestation Run Details pane, click the Attestation cases tab.
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(Optional) To further limit the attestation cases to be displayed, click 
(Filter) on the Attestation cases tab.
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(Optional) To approve or deny an attestation case, perform the following actions in the Attestation cases tab:
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Select the check box in front of the attestation case that you want to approve or deny.
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Click Approve or Deny.
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In the Approve Attestation Case/Deny Attestation Case pane, enter a reason for your approval decision in the Reason for decision field.
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Click Save.
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(Optional) To view more details of an attestation process, click Details next to the attestation process and refer to the View Attestation Process Details pane for the relevant information.
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