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description: To make sure that your business process adheres to policies and regulations based on the requirements defined by a compliance officer, group compliance controls by using a validation procedure. When a business process runs a validation procedure, the validation controls in the procedure are invoked.
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# Validation Procedure

To make sure that your business process adheres to policies and regulations based on the requirements defined by a compliance officer, group compliance controls by using a validation procedure. When a business process runs a validation procedure, the validation controls in the procedure are invoked.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: All Industry Clouds, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_editions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Review the supported editions and availability for Process Compliance Navigator.">View editions availability</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[Create a Validation Procedure](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_validation_procedure_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Group validation controls by using a validation procedure. A validation procedure includes the steps, processes, and checks that are required to make sure that a business complies with a policy or regulation.
- **[Create a Compliance Control for a Validation Procedure](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_validation_procedure_create_control.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create compliance controls for regulatory requirements. Controls are descriptions of rules that implement the compliance requirements.
- **[Manage a Validation Procedure](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_validation_procedure_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Associate compliance controls with a validation procedure. Compliance controls are descriptions of rules that implement compliance requirements at your company.
- **[Configure a Validation Procedure](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_validation_procedure_configure.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Configure the validation procedure and compliance controls specified by the control manager.
- **[Review and Activate a Validation Procedure](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.business_compliance_suite_validation_procedure_review_activate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The control manager can review a validation procedure configuration to confirm that it meets business needs and update the status to Active.