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title: "Context graph: definition | Rex glossary"
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# Context graph

Also called Context layer

A connected record of the people, documents, decisions and history around each customer and transaction, giving people and agents the full picture behind the numbers.

Systems of record such as the ERP store what happened: an invoice was issued, a payment was applied. They rarely store why: the email agreeing a discount, the portal rejection, the call where the customer promised to pay.

A context graph links that information to the accounts and transactions it explains, so an agent working a dispute or a past-due invoice starts with the same history an experienced analyst would.

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## Further reading

- [Context graphs in finance operations→](https://www.rex.inc/blog/context-graphs-in-finance-operations)
- [Most finance work is reconstructing the story→](https://www.rex.inc/blog/most-finance-work-is-reconstructing-the-story)

## Related terms

- [ERP Software such as NetSuite, SAP or Oracle that holds a company's general ledger, orders, invoices and customer records.](https://www.rex.inc/glossary/erp)
- [AI AR agent Software that carries out accounts receivable work, such as reading emails, chasing invoices and matching payments, by reasoning through each case rather than following a fixed script.](https://www.rex.inc/resources/ai-ar/what-is-an-ai-ar-agent)
- [Audit trail A chronological record of every action taken on an account, who or which agent took it, and why, so decisions can be reviewed later.](https://www.rex.inc/resources/ai-ar/ai-ar-audit-trail-explainability)

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