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How Do I Manage Entities?

Entities are the people and companies linked to a case. A company onboarding case might have a dozen entities — the company itself, its directors, UBOs, and shareholders. This guide explains how to navigate, manage, and track verification status for all of them.

What you’ll learn

  • How to read the entity panel and UBO tree
  • What each entity role means for required checks
  • How to view an entity’s verification status
  • How person cases work for individual entities
  • How cross-case entity history works

The entity panel

When you open a case, the entity panel shows all linked entities in two views:
The tree view shows the ownership and control structure:
  • Root node — the primary entity (company)
  • Branch nodes — directors, UBOs, and shareholders, connected by lines showing their relationship
  • Ownership percentages — displayed next to UBO nodes
  • Status indicators — colored dots showing each entity’s verification status
Click any node to expand its detail panel showing checks, documents, and alerts.

What does each entity role require?

The entity’s role determines which checks are automatically created:
CheckPrimary (Company)UBODirectorShareholder
PEP/Sanctions ScreeningRequiredRequiredRequiredRequired
Adverse MediaRequiredRequiredRequired
Identity VerificationRequiredRequiredRequired
Address VerificationRequired
Source of WealthIf High RiskIf High Risk
If a UBO or director is flagged as high risk during screening, additional checks (Source of Wealth, Enhanced Due Diligence) are automatically added to their requirements.

How do I view an entity’s verification status?

Click an entity in the tree or list view to open its detail panel. The panel shows:
  • Overall status — a summary badge: Pending (grey), In Progress (blue), Verified (green), Failed (red), Expired (orange)
  • Check progress — a breakdown of each check type with its current status
  • Document progress — which documents have been received and which are still outstanding
  • Alerts — any open alerts related to this specific entity
The overall status is calculated automatically:
  • Verified — all required checks are Complete with a Pass result
  • Failed — any required check has a Fail result that has not been resolved
  • In Progress — at least one check is running or pending
  • Expired — a previously verified entity whose checks have passed their validity period

What are person cases?

When a company case includes individual entities (UBOs, directors, shareholders), the system automatically creates person cases for each one. Person cases:
  • Track the individual’s verification independently
  • Can be shared across multiple company cases (if the same person appears in multiple companies)
  • Are linked back to the company case via a relationship field
This means if John Smith is a director at two companies, he has one person case with his identity verification and screening — shared by both company cases.

How does cross-case entity history work?

Zenoo tracks verification at the entity level, not just the case level. This means:
  • Reused checks — if an entity was verified recently (within the validity period), new cases can reuse those check results instead of running them again. Reused checks show a “Reused” badge with the source case name.
  • Entity-level status — each Account and Contact in Salesforce has an overall verification status that reflects their latest checks across all cases.
  • Verification history — click “View History” on an entity to see all past checks across all cases, with dates, results, and validity periods.
Check reuse saves time and provider costs. A recently verified UBO joining a new company case will have their identity and screening checks automatically reused if they are still within the validity window.

What’s next?