Conducting a Risk Exposure Assessment
This article ties the workspace workflow together into a single end-to-end assessment: scope your data, surface where risk concentrates, investigate the suppliers and sources driving it, and record your conclusions. Each step links to a deeper article if you want the full detail.
Step 1: Create a workspace for the products you want to assess
Filter the Catalog to the subset you care about — or use the whole catalog — and click Create Workspace. See Creating a Workspace from the Catalog.
Step 2: Apply an Exposure lens
Open an Exposure lens such as All Exposures to surface risk across the workspace. To focus on one risk area, apply filters or switch to a lens scoped to it (for example, a forced-labor view). See Working with Tabs & Lenses.
Step 3: Read the Exposure Lens and narrow with the charts
The charts summarize exposure by status, country, tier, supplier, type, and risk list. Click a chart value to filter every table below to that slice and zero in on the exposures that matter to your business. See Reading the Exposure Lens.
Step 4: Investigate the exposed suppliers and sources
Open a supplier or exposure-source side sheet to see the exact exposures that flagged it. On the Exposures tab, open an individual exposure to read its reasoning — the risk list, issuing authority, proximity, and the connection chain. See Investigating Exposure Sources.
Step 5: Review the network and the underlying transactions
On the Network tab, trace how the exposed source connects through the tiers of the value chain to your finished products. Click a connection between two nodes to inspect the underlying transactions and assess their relevance — confirming, for instance, whether the goods being shipped are a material component of your finished good. Each verification applies on a supplier-to-product basis, so repeat it per product as needed.
Step 6: Record your assessment
As you reach conclusions, set each exposure source's or supplier's status (Not Assessed → In Review → Reviewed / Approved / Escalated / Not Trusted) and add notes to capture your reasoning. Statuses flow back into the lens and can be filtered, so your team can track what's left to review and ensure no supplier falls through the cracks. See Triage: Statuses & Notes.