Solution overview and data flow
Before you configure the Contoso Platform, it helps to understand how data flows through the solution, from ingestion to the moment the platform presents an alert to a user.
High-level data flow
Source systems Contoso Platform
┌────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Customer data │ │ 1. Data ingestion │
│ Transactions │───────▶ │ (field mapping, transaction typing) │
│ Reference data │ │ │ │
│ feeds │ │ ▼ │
└────────────────┘ │ 2. Exit points and custom functions │
│ (optional enrichment logic) │
│ │ │
│ ▼ │
│ 3. Business logic and detection rules │
│ (rule evaluation, thresholds) │
│ │ │
│ ▼ │
│ 4. Scoring │
│ (score factors combined into a case) │
│ │ │
│ ▼ │
│ 5. Case and alert presentation │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Stage descriptions
- Data ingestion: The platform maps incoming records to its internal data model, including classifying each record by transaction type and code. See Set up data integration.
- Exit points and custom functions: You can insert custom logic at defined hook points to enrich or transform a record before the platform evaluates it. See Configure exit points and custom functions.
- Business logic and detection rules: Configurable rules evaluate each record, or group of records, against defined thresholds. See Configure business logic and Configure detection rules and thresholds.
- Scoring: When a rule triggers, the platform combines its score factors into an overall score for the case. See Configure scoring.
- Case and alert presentation: The platform presents cases that meet the configured scoring criteria to users through the case management interface.
Note: This diagram is illustrative. The number and order of processing stages in a real deployment depend on the licensed modules and the configuration you apply.
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