Archer Due Diligence Management

Archer Due Diligence Management provides a consistent and repeatable process for due diligence, which helps legal teams during mergers and acquisitions. It helps organizations to track due diligence projects and activities required to complete due diligence. It also tracks the approvals and defines the framework for due diligence.

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Release notes

Release date

Platform release

Notes

March 2026 2025.12
  • Transitioned to licensed offering using core applications instead of On-Demand Applications (ODAs)

  • Updates to advanced workflow to use launch event node. Reduced advanced workflow layouts and new NGD Dashboards. New data feed to generate checklists.

  • Engage configuration setup for Due Diligence Checklist

  • Recertified on Archer Platform release 2025.12

July 2023

6.13

Recertification on Archer platform release 6.13

February 2019

6.5

Initial Release

Overview

Unlock the potential for enhanced due diligence excellence with Archer Due Diligence Management. In the ever-evolving landscape of organizational investigations, due diligence activities have emerged as essential components for informed decision-making, not just in mergers and acquisitions but across various business scenarios.

This challenge invites you to explore and innovate within the realm of due diligence by leveraging the capabilities of Archer Due Diligence Management. Your task is to devise a feature or enhancement that further refines the due diligence process, ensuring it remains consistent, repeatable, and adaptable to your organization's unique needs.

Archer Due Diligence Management helps define and manage the due diligence activities required for a thorough investigation of the target entity. The offering defines a framework for all due diligence activities making it consistent and repeatable, while providing visibility into the status of due diligence activities.

The due diligence framework can be defined specifically for your organization to ensure everyone within the organization is conducting the required due diligence for every target entity. Due diligence activities are assigned and reviewed to ensure all activities have been completed and reviewed, resulting in lower risk mergers and acquisitions.

Key features and benefits

Archer Due Diligence Management enables organization to do the following.

  • Determine the due diligence requirements

  • Track due diligence tasks to completion

  • Confirm and verify information through investigation

  • Provide recommendations based off factual data and reports

The benefitsof using Archer Due Diligence Management include the following.

  • Consistent and repeatable process for conducting due diligence

  • Implement structure for due diligence checklist

  • Obtain visibility into the status of the due diligence activities required

User guide

Administrator guide

Prerequisites (ODA and system requirements)

Components

Prerequisites

Archer Solution(s)
  • Regulatory & Corporate Compliance Management

  • Third Party Governance

Perquisite use cases Case(s) Archer Issues Management
Uses Custom Object No

Requires Archer On-Demand Application (ODA) Licenses

Zero (0) Archer On-Demand Application licenses required

Archer Licensing Yes. The Archer Due Diligence Management App-Pack requires three (3) On-Demand Applications license.
Archer Platform Requirements Archer Platform Release 2025.12 and later
Supported Archer Environments
  • On-Premises

  • SaaS

Partner/Vendor Requirements N/A

Compatible use cases and applications - Related applications

Application

Use Case

Primary Purpose(s) of the Relationship

Business Unit

IT Asset Catalog, Business Asset Catalog

  • Relate Due Diligence Project to Business Unit

Authoritative Sources

Policy Program Management, Controls Monitoring Program Management

  • Relate Due Diligence requirements to Authoritative Sources

Components

Architecture diagram

This diagram shows the architecture of the Archer Due Diligence Management offering.

Here is the source file for this diagram.

Process diagram

Due Diligence Framework

Due Diligence Profile

Due Diligence Checklist

Applications

Application

Description

Due Diligence Framework

The Due Diligence Framework application contains the framework for the due diligence requirements. The framework is a leveled application and is structured by Category, Sub Category, and Requirement. The requirement can be tied to an Authoritative Source.

Due Diligence Project

The Due Diligence Project application captures meta-data (e.g., type of due diligence project, information regarding the target, financial information, and stakeholders), workflow approvals, due diligence checklist, and summary.

Due Diligence Checklist

The Due Diligence Checklist application contains the due diligence activities performed on the due diligence projects. It captures the Information Owner, evidence of the due diligence activity, and due diligence results.

Personas and access roles

The following table describes the functions that make up the application’s organization roles. Depending on the organization of your company, these functions and responsibilities may vary.

Persona

Description

How many?

Optional / Required

Assessment Owner

Responsible for defining the scope of due diligence, assigning due diligence activities, and providing a report of recommendation based upon due diligence performed. This person can be in the same or different department as the other personas. Possibly someone from the Legal department.

At least one, likely multiple    

Required

Information Owner

Assigned tasks to provide supporting documentation to fulfill due diligence requirements. Can own one or many activities. This person can be in the same or different department as the other personas.

At least one, likely multiple    

Required

Reviewer

Responsible for the overall approval of due diligence conducted. This role would be someone with approval authority, possibly someone from Legal management.

At least one, likely multiple    

Required

Permissions Chart

Applications

Due Diligence: Assessment Owner

Due Diligence: Information Owner

Due Diligence: Reviewer

Due Diligence: Read Only

Due Diligence Project

CRU

R

RU

R

Due Diligence Checklist

RU

RU

RU

R

Due Diligence Framework

R

R

CRU

R

Findings

CRU

CRU

CRU

R

Remediation Plans

CRU

CRU

CRU

R

Exception Requests

CRU

CRU

CRU

R

Business Unit

R

R

R

R

Authoritative Sources

R

R

R

R

C = Create, R = Read, U = Update, D = Delete

Install Archer Due Diligence Management

  1. Prepare for the installation.

    1. Download the installation package from myArcher.

    2. Read and understand the "Packaging Data" section of Archer Help.

    3. Apply the latest license file by opening the Archer Control Panel.

  2. Install the package. (If you are upgrading from ODA applications, they will be automatically converted to licensed applications during the installation process.)

  3. Set up the data feeds.

  4. Configure Engage (optional).

  5. Test the installation. Test the application according to your company standards and procedures, to ensure that the use case works with your existing processes.

Install the package

Set up data feeds

  1. Go to Manage Data Feeds page:

    1. From the menu bar, click Admin menu.

    2. Under Integration, click Data Feeds.

  2. Locate and select the Data Feed.

  3. Verify settings in the General tab.

    1. In the General Information section, set the Status field to Active.

    2. In the Feed Information section, confirm that the Target field is set to Due Diligence Profiles.

  4. Click the Source Connection tab.

    1. Confirm that the Transport Method field is set to Archer Web Services Transporter.

    2. In the Logon Properties section , in the URL field, insert the URL to your instance.

    3. In the Transport Configuration section, do the following:

      1. In the User Name and Password fields, type the username and password of a Platform user.

      2. In the Instance field, enter the name of your instance.

  5. Verify the settings on the Source Definition tab. This will be pre-configured.

  6. Verify the settings and mappings and key field definitions on the Data Map tab. This will be pre-configured.

  7. The final configuration step is to schedule the data feed. Click the Schedule tab and configure the frequency and start time of the Data Feed. This data feed is configured to launch from advanced workflow data feed node so the frequency shouldn't be minutely.

  8. Save your configuration to the data feed.

  9. (Optional) To override the data feed schedule and immediately run your data feed, click Run Now.

  10. Click on the data feed run Status for additional information on the status of the feed or to troubleshoot any feed errors.

Configure Engage (optional)

Date Tested: July 2023

Important: Engage configuration is available for the Due Diligence Checklist. Customers with an Engage license can use this capability to request required documents from external users. For detailed configuration instructions, refer to the Engage Help documentation.

Important: Enabling Engage may cause unexpected errors when reloading or saving records. See Troubleshooting Tips for guidance.

  1. Navigate to Due Diligence Checklist under Manage Applications.

  2. In Application properties, ensure Enable Engage is checked.

  3. In Layouts, update the Engage layout to include the fields that should be visible to the Engage users.

  4. In the Engage tab, confirm that all required fields are populated. The following are the out-of-the-box configurations:

    • Layout -> Engage (Can change to any other layout as necessary)

    • Publish Label -> Name of the publish button to be displayed on the record

    • Publish URL -> Engage publish url. Please refer to Engage help documentation.

    • Cross-Reference to Contacts -> Information Provider

    • First Name -> Name (First)

    • Last Name -> Name (Last)

    • Email -> Email (Business)

    • Job Title -> Job Title

    • Requesting Company -> Requesting Company

    • Requester Name -> Requestor Name

    • Requester Email -> Requestor Email

    • Vendor Name -> Information Provider Company

    • Due Date -> Due Date

    • Publish Message -> Publish Message

    • Engage Status -> Engage Status

    • Additional Guidance -> Additional Guidance

  5. For SaaS customers, update roles Due Diligence: Reviewer, Due Diligence: Assessment Owner and Due Diligence: Information Owner with Read access to End User page "Due Diligence Checklist: Engage Publish".

  • Navigate to Due Diligence Checklist in Manage Applications.

  • In application Properties, ensure Enable Engage is checked in.

  • In Layouts, update the Engage layout with the fields to be displayed to the engage user.

  • In Engage tab, ensure all the necessary details are populated. Below are the out of the box configurations:

    • Layout -> Engage (Can change to any other layout as necessary)

    • Publish Label -> Name of the publish button to be displayed on the record

    • Publish URL -> Engage publish url. Please refer to Engage help documentation.

    • Cross-Reference to Contacts -> Information Provider

    • First Name -> Name (First)

    • Last Name -> Name (Last)

    • Email -> Email (Business)

    • Job Title -> Job Title

    • Requesting Company -> Requesting Company

    • Requester Name -> Requestor Name

    • Requester Email -> Requestor Email

    • Vendor Name -> Information Provider Company

    • Due Date -> Due Date

    • Publish Message -> Publish Message

    • Engage Status -> Engage Status

    • Additional Guidance -> Additional Guidance

Upgrade Archer Due Diligence Management

With the release of Archer Due Diligence Management 2025.12, the offering has transitioned to a licensed offering. This means it is no longer using Archer On-Demand Applications (ODA).

If you are upgrading to Archer Due Diligence Management 2025.12 or later, complete these steps.

  1. Purchase the offering through an Archer Sales Representative.

  2. Refresh the license key upon completion of the purchase.

  3. Download the installation package from myArcher.

  4. Install the offering. Upon installation, the ODAs will be converted to core applications.

Note: Before upgrading, perform an impact analysis on any configuration. A data dictionary is provided to support this process.

Troubleshooting Tips

Certification environment

Date Tested: March 2026

Product Name

Version Information

Operating System

Archer

2025.12

Virtual Appliance