Define Domino Governance policies

The GovernanceAdmin role provides permissions to create, edit, and publish governance policies in Domino. This role also enables access to the Governance Dashboard, audit trail, compliance views, and governance APIs.

CloudAdmins and SysAdmins automatically have GovernanceAdmin permissions. All other users must be explicitly assigned the role.

Prerequisite: Assign GovernanceAdmin role

To enable a user to manage governance policies:

  1. In the Admin console, go to Manage Resources > Users.

  2. Select the user to assign the role to.

  3. Click Edit.

  4. Select GovernanceAdmin (Admin role for Governance) from the list of roles.

  5. Click Save.

Define your first policy

A governance policy defines the review and approval process for a scientific output, such as deploying a model, releasing a statistical report, or launching an AI system. Policies can reflect corporate standards, regulatory frameworks, or internal risk controls.

Policies are written in YAML and must be published before use. Build Domino governance policies has more building blocks for advanced customization.

Approvers enter information into an evidence set during review. Policy rules use that input to control visibility by dynamically showing or hiding follow-up questions or stages.

Option 1: Create a new governance policy from scratch

  1. Go to Govern > Policies and select Create Policy.

  2. From the Policy Template menu, use None (start from scratch).

  3. Name your policy and provide a short description.

  4. Select Create.

  5. In the Code editor, paste your policy code.

  6. To visualize the workflow, toggle the Graph view.

  7. Modify the policy as needed, such as by updating stage names, changing approvers, and adding or editing rules.

  8. Click Save, then Publish.

Option 2: Create a new governance policy from a template

Domino Governance includes pre-built policy templates. You can use these templates to customize policies for your organization quickly.

  1. Go to Govern > Policies and select Create Policy.

  2. From the Policy Template menu, select a template.

  3. Name your policy and provide a short description.

  4. Select Create.

  5. Verify that the policy workflow looks correct by toggling Graph.

  6. Toggle back to the Code editor.

  7. Update the template by making a few changes, such as by updating stages names, changing approvers, and adding or editing rules.

  8. Click Save, then Publish.

Toggle Graph to review the policy workflow

Next steps