Manage artifact types

Prepare to track the progress and resolution of artifacts by customizing artifact types and their associated statuses available to be logged on models in your inventory.

Available artifact types

By default, the ValidMind Platform provides three artifact types:

Validation Issue

Problems discovered during model validation that reflect errors, inconsistencies, or gaps in data, methodology, implementation, or documentation that need to be addressed before the model is considered reliable.

Policy Exception

When a model or part of its development or usage does not comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, or governance standards, but an explicit approval or waiver is granted to allow it under controlled conditions.

Model Limitation

Inherent weaknesses or constraints of the model itself that cannot be fully resolved; definitions under which the model’s results should be interpreted with caution.

Prerequisites

• You are logged in to ValidMind.
• You are a Customer Admin or assigned another role with sufficient permissions to perform the tasks in this guide.¹

¹ Manage permissions

Edit artifact type

1. In the left sidebar, click Settings.

2. Under Artifacts, select Artifact Types.

3. Click on the artifact type² you want to edit:

   • Validation Issue
   • Policy Exception
   • Model Limitation

4. Make your desired changes to the artifact type’s details:

   • name
   • description
   • fields — Select the default artifact fields that should appear on this type of artifact.³
   • create permissions — Model stakeholder types or user roles⁴ that can create this type of artifact.
   • update permissions — Model stakeholder types or user roles that can update existing artifacts of this type.
   • artifact statuses — Configure the statuses available to this artifact type.⁵

² Available artifact types

³ 

NoneOnly default fields are available to be selected in this view.

To further customize fields displayed on artifact types, refer to: Manage artifact fields

⁴ 
• Manage model stakeholder types
• Manage roles

⁵ Manage artifact type statuses

Manage artifact type statuses

Open and Closed are Locked stages, meaning they cannot be modified or removed.

Add artifact statuses

1. Click Add Status.

2. Enter in a name and assign a color to your artifact status.

3. When you are done, click Add Status to create your new status.

Edit or delete artifact statuses

1. Hover over the artifact status you’d like to modify.

2. When the appears, click on it and select:

   • Edit Details to change the name or color of the status.
   • Delete Status to remove the status.

ImportantArtifact status deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

Artifact statuses cannot be deleted if in use on an artifact. Ensure that the status you’re deleting is not associated with any artifacts before proceeding.