Alerts are not generated for scenario rule conditions that check for equality ("==") in SAS Anti-Money Laundering.

Here is an example using a Low Total Assets scenario in the TM Daily Unusual Behavior flow. The scenario uses the following condition to generate alerts:

If the total_average_assets = 5000.00 and month_count = 1, an alert is not generated even if it satisfies the condition. This behavior occurs because SAS Visual Investigator stores all non-integer values in floating point representation, causes the calculation 5000/1 to be 5000.000000000001, which is not <= 5000.

On the other hand, if the total_average_assets = 4999.99 and month_count = 1, an alert is generated.

The following scenarios are affected:

• TM Daily ATM
  • High-Velocity ATM Withdrawals
• TM Daily High Risk Products
  • TM Party Percentage of High-Risk Funds
• TM Daily Loans
  • Early termination of multiple loans
• TM Daily Movement of Funds
  • Party velocity of volume deposits and wire withdrawals
• TM Daily Unusual Behaviour
  • Transactions in round amounts by risk classification
  • High-risk deposits
  • Transactions in round amounts
  • Low total assets
• TM Daily Wires
  • Activity dominated by wire transfers 
  • Activity dominated by wire transfers by risk classification
• TM Monthly Unusual Behaviour
  • High account turnover
  • High-velocity funds
  • Large wire transfers relative to net worth
• TM Monthly Wires
  • Increase in wire activity

A workaround is to use the ROUND() function on rule conditions that reference a column or an expression that uses decimal values.

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Operating System and Release Information

An update for this issue is available for SAS Compliance Solutions 8.3. For instructions on how to access and apply these software updates, see the documentation links at the top of