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Chapter 8 Auditing Accesses : Accessing the Audit Log Facility

Accessing the Audit Log Facility
Invoking the AUDITLOG Tool
To access the Audit Log facility, execute the AUDITLOG tool from the workbench:
EX execute rule ==> AUDITLOG<Enter>
You must have the appropriate security to use this facility. Refer to Who Can Access the Data in the Audit Log? for a description of the security that you need.
Initial Screen of the Audit Log Facility
The first screen displayed, shown below, contains a list of filters available to you for querying the data. Reports can be created from these queries. If customized filters exist, they are also listed.

 
List of known filters for current user
Command ==> Scroll P
NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
---------------- -------- ----------------------------------------
_ ACCESS_FAILED DEFAULT Access failed due to permission events
_ ALL DEFAULT All events
_ FAILURES DEFAULT Events where the access was not allowed
_ LOGON DEFAULT Login and logout events
_ LOGON_FAILED DEFAULT Login failure events
_ OBJECT_ACCESS DEFAULT Accesses on all object types
_ OBJECT_MAINT DEFAULT Object creation/deletion events
_ PERMISSIONS DEFAULT Setting permission events
_ SECURITY_LOG DEFAULT Archiving/Retrieving the Access log event
_ TABLE DEFAULT All events on tables
_ USER_GROUP DEFAULT All events on users and or groups
 
 
D-Delete Filter E-Edit Filter Q-Query R-Report
PFKEYS: 12=EXIT 13=PRINT 3=END 5=FIND NEXT 9=RECALL

 
Available Options
From the initial Audit Log screen, you can:
These options are described in the following sections.
What is a Filter?
A filter is a predefined view of the audit data. For example, if you want to only view or report on data related to unsuccessful user accesses, you would use a filter that is specific to failures.
A number of filters are provided by default, as shown in the illustration above. The default filters cannot be edited or deleted but you can use a default filter as a template to create a new filter. If required, you can create additional filters from within this facility so that you can customize your auditing operations.

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