---
title: "Compliance Matrix and Shreds"
slug: "compliance-matrix-and-review-mode"
tags: ["Compliance", "Compliance Matrix", "Review Mode"]
updated: 2026-11-01T18:11:24Z
published: 2026-11-01T18:11:24Z
canonical: "support.govdash.com/compliance-matrix-and-review-mode"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.govdash.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Compliance Matrix and Shreds

## Overview

The **Compliance** tab shows how your outline covers the solicitation. Use the compliance matrix to check that every instruction, evaluation factor and requirement is mapped to a section, and use the shreds to read the solicitation line by line.

Click through the interactive walkthrough below to see how to review requirements, check them in the source document and export your compliance matrix.

[Interactive walkthrough: Compliance Matrix and Shreds](https://govdash.navattic.com/3w2p0yae)

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## Compliance Matrix and Document Shreds

The **Compliance** tab contains the generated response compliance matrix and your solicitation package line-by-line document shreds. This tab provides you with a detailed breakdown of the compliance requirements against the outline, including preparation instructions (section L), scope from the PWS/SOW (section C), and evaluation criteria (section M).

![Compliance in the proposal menu](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/proposal-po_cms_nav.png)

### Reviewing Compliance

The Compliance tab allows you to view the extracted **instructions**, **scope**, and **evaluation criteria** mapped directly to the generated outline. By clicking on the outline section, GovDash will highlight the compliance requirements, the area of the document that the citation was pulled from, and the type of citation represented by colored dots. This gives you confidence that GovDash is extracting the correct information and allows you to cross-reference the actual documents with the requirement.

[Reviewing Compliance](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/Proposal_Compliance_Tab.mp4)

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/image-DGZ4EEH1.png)

### Filters and Search

Use the filters above the matrix to narrow the extracted requirements by **Outline Section**, **Citation Type** and, when your solicitation package has more than one document, **Documents**. Use **Search** to find specific words from the documents.

![Search, filters and Export to Excel above the compliance matrix](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/proposal-po_cms_toolbar.png)

> [!NOTE]
> Editing Citations
> 
> To make changes/edits to these citations within your outline, please see our guide for [editing section citations here](/v1/docs/writing-plans-focus-documents-and-citations#citations-editor).

### Document Viewer

When clicking on a citation/extracted sentence within the matrix view, this provides you with the full solicitation document along with the highlighted area of the document that it was extracted from.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/image-PO6XAKUU.png)

### Exports

Click **Export to Excel** in the top right of the matrix (shown in the screenshot above) to export your compliance package to Excel, formatted for easy review. GovDash builds the file in the background, so you can keep working, and the download starts when it's ready. The export follows your current search and filters. A filtered export has "(filtered)" at the end of the file name.

The compliance package contains your full outline with requirement mapping, the Instructions, Evaluation and Scope (section L/M/C) extractions, a Shred Checklist, a Quote Cross Reference Matrix, and individual document shreds.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/image-QKMRROHO.png)

## Related

- [Generate a Proposal Outline](/generate-a-proposal-outline.md)
- [Editing Your Outline](/editing-your-outline.md)
- [Adding and Reviewing Amendments](/adding-amendments-solicitation-docs.md)