The Platform
Provenance, not just lineage
Pramaana does not map data flows between systems. It traces each number in a working paper back to the specific sentence, table cell, or approval in the source documents that produced it. That is evidence, not metadata.
Core Technology
The trace engine
Pramaana parses document structure at ingest, extracting hierarchical layout from PDFs, table schemas from spreadsheets, and thread context from email bodies. It maps every numerical reference across formats, recognizing that the $4.2M in a board package and the $4.2M in a trial-balance export refer to the same underlying figure.
The engine stores a citation graph that connects each working-paper cell to a chain of source passages. When an auditor opens any cell in Pramaana, the path back to the original record is already computed, not reconstructed on demand.
That graph is your evidence. It is immutable, timestamped, and exportable as a verifiable chain of custody for any reviewed figure.
Supported Sources
What Pramaana reads
Ingest your documents as-is. Pramaana handles format complexity so your team does not have to.
PDF documents
Board packages, legal letters, audit reports, financial statements. Pramaana extracts paragraph and table structure from native and scanned PDFs.
Excel and Google Sheets
Trial balances, financial models, consolidation workbooks. Cell-level extraction preserves formula context and sheet hierarchy.
Email exports
Outlook PST, Gmail MBOX, and Outlook Web exports. Thread context and approval chains are indexed alongside the figures they relate to.
SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive
Folder-level connectors ingest your document stores directly. No manual export required for most enterprise configurations.
Trace Output
The output your reviewers actually use
A structured trace report your audit committee, external examiner, or PBC request list can work with directly.
Export as PDF with citations embedded. Ready for PBC list, audit committee package, or external examiner binder.
API Access
Integrate or use standalone
For teams who want to embed Pramaana trace results into their existing GRC or audit management tools, a REST API is available on Trace Pro and Enterprise plans.
Compatible with ServiceNow GRC, Workiva, and TeamMate+. Authentication via API key or OAuth 2.0. Every response includes the trace chain, confidence score, and immutable trace ID for your own audit log.
GET /v1/trace/{cell_id}
Authorization: Bearer <api_key>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"trace_id": "AUD-2025-Q3-0047",
"cell_ref": "WP_A14_C3",
"value": "$4,200,000",
"source_doc": "Q3 Board Package.pdf",
"page": 12,
"location": "Table 2, Row 3, Col 4",
"confidence": 0.98,
"timestamp": "2025-11-30T14:22:09Z"
}See the trace on your own documents
We onboard a sample of your real working papers and walk you through the trace. No staging data.