What is the SAR Chain Summary and Lane View?

Prerequisites

• Access to open the SAR and its property.

• The SAR V2 Chain and SAR Chain Summary & Next Steps features must be turned on for your organization. If they are off, selecting Expand is not available, and opening the chain page sends you back to the status page.

• A chain with at least two filings, so that Expand appears on the status page.

The chain page combines:

• A header with the subject and a count of each type of filing

• A Timeline of every filing

• A lane view called SAR Chain

• Details on each filing that you can expand

Locating the SAR Chain Summary Page

1. You see a SAR’s chain on its SAR status page. To open it, select a submitted SAR from the SAR Global table, the Player Profile SARs tab, or a case’s Associated SARs.

   1. Select Expand on the chain row or on the SAR Chain Summary card. Expand opens a wider view of the SAR chain summary.

   2. Select ‹ Back to acknowledgement to return to the status page containing the SAR Chain Summary.

The SAR Chain Summary Explained

The SAR Chain Summary page shows a Timeline shows one node for each filing, in the order filed. Drafts appear last. A note such as 4 filed · 1 drafting · all filings shown gives the count.

Each node shows:

• The label, such as Initial, CA 1 or Corr. Initial, and You are here on the SAR you came from

• The SAR number, which opens in a new tab. A draft shows No SAR yet, and a superseded SAR's number is struck through.

• The date filed, or Drafting

• The amount, No amount involved, Amount unknown, or a dash if there is none

• ↳ and the SAR it follows or corrects

• Tags, including Branch point and Case open with the case number, which links to the case

• Superseded – A correction to this SAR has been submitted, so the SAR number is struck through and the correction replaces it. The SAR keeps the values it was filed with.

• Latest valid – The SAR to continue from or correct next. It is the most recent acknowledged filing on the main chain, or that filing’s latest acknowledged correction.

View SAR History

Select View SAR History to open a SAR history panel for the subject. It shows:

• Total SARs filed, Open SARs and Open cases

• Each chain for the subject, with its filings. Each filing shows its relation (for example Continuing activity · follows an earlier SAR, or corrects one), SAR number, status, BSA ID and Activity dates.

If the subject has no SARs, the panel shows No SAR history for this subject. Use Close SAR history to return to the page.

Notices on the Status Page

Banners appear above the SAR when something in the chain affects it:

• This SAR has been corrected. A later SAR replaces it. See What does it mean when a SAR is superseded?

• An earlier SAR in this chain was corrected after this SAR was filed. This SAR keeps the values it was filed with.

• Heads-up added to the open case. A correction was made for a position that already has an open continuing activity case.

SAR Chain Summary Example

Using this screenshot above, lets explain this SAR Chain Summary:

• Chain A: the name of this series of SARs for the subject, Susan Garcia.

• Expand: opens the full chain page with the timeline and lane view.

Left side: “3 filings in this chain: 1 Initial · 1 Continuing Activity · 1 Corrected.” This counts the filed SARs. The fourth one, Corr. CA 1, is still a draft, so it isn’t counted. The bottom right says the same: “3 filed · 1 drafting.”

The timeline, in filing order. You are here marks the SAR whose page you are on, which is the Initial.

• View SAR History: opens a panel with the subject’s SAR history.

• Legend: ↳ means “references the linked prior SAR”, and a struck-through number means “superseded by a correction”.

Locating the Lane View

Select Expand on the chain row or on the SAR Chain Summary card to bring up the lane view page:

It provides a detailed view of the SAR Chain, drawing the chain in lanes. Its legend reads Main chain, Correction branch, Corrects original and Draft.

Each filing is a card. The first line of the card shows the kind of filing: INITIAL SAR, CA SAR, CORR. INITIAL or CORR. CA n.

Card Details

Select the arrow on a card to expand it.

• BSA ID – The BSA ID FinCEN assigned.

• Amount – The amount involved on that filing.

• Cum. Amount – The cumulative amount, on continuing activity filings.

• Running total for next CA – The cumulative amount a next continuing activity SAR would start from. It appears only on the latest valid SAR.

• Differs from filed amount – Appears when the cumulative amount calculated for the filing is not the amount that was filed.

Tags Defined

What This Does Not Do

• It is read only. You cannot edit a SAR, a case or the chain from this page.

• It does not show filings you cannot open. A filing from another property appears with its label, SAR number and filed date, but without an amount, a case or a link. It is still counted in the chain.

Related Articles

• What is a SAR chain and how are SARs linked?

• What does it mean when a SAR is superseded?

• What is the cumulative amount on a continuing activity SAR?