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Viewing Audit Trail Records
After you have set up the fields, operations, responsibilities, positions, and employees to be audited, you can read the results of the audit trails in the Audit Trail view and the Audit Trail Items view. This task is a step in Process of Configuring and Using Siebel Audit Trail. Querying Audit Trail Information
After recording or importing audit trail records into the Siebel database, you can query audit trail information in the Audit Trail Items view. For example, you can query Audit Trail Items to determine changes made by team members, dates, or operations performed on a business component. To query audit trail information
- Navigate to the Audit Trail screen, then the Audit Trail Items view.
- Query the list for Audit Trail Items of interest.
Some fields are described in the following table.
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Employee Login |
Displays the username of the user who changed the record. |
Business Component |
Displays the business component for the record where the database change occurred. |
Field |
Displays the name of the field where the change occurred. |
Operation |
Displays the type of operation that was performed, for example, New Record, Delete, and so on. |
Old Value |
Displays the value in the field before the database change occurred. |
New Value |
Displays the value in the field after the database change occurred. |
Date |
Displays the timestamp of the change. |
Child Business Component |
Displays the child business component for the record where the database change occurred, if any. |
Record ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the record that was changed. |
Base Table |
Displays the name of the primary database table where the database change occurred. |
Child Table Name |
Displays the name of the child table for the record where the database change occurred, if any. |
Column |
Displays the name of the column in which the change occurred. |
Group ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the group to which the user who changed the record belonged. |
Link |
Displays the name of the link that describes the relationship between the child business component and the parent business component. This link is configured in Siebel Tools. |
Table |
Displays the name of table to which the selected field belongs in the Siebel database. |
Row ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the row in which the change occurred. |
Employee ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the user who changed the record. |
Querying Export Audit Trail Records
You can set up Export Audit Trail for a business component to monitor the export activities for the business component. Export activities include selecting the Print or Print Preview command in the list that appears when you click the menu button in a view to print a record in that view. You can view the results of export audit in the Export Audit Trail view. For details on setting up Export Audit Trail, see Specifying Business Components and Business Component Fields for Audit. To query Export Audit Trail information
- Navigate to the Audit Trail screen, then the Export Audit Items view.
- Select the Audit Trail Item required.
Some fields are described in the following table.
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Employee Login |
Displays the username of the user who initiated the export. |
Business Component |
Displays the business component on which the export operation was performed. |
Record Count |
Displays the number of records that were exported. |
Date |
Displays the timestamp of the export activity. |
Record IDs |
Displays the unique identifier for each record that was exported. |
Employee ID |
Displays the unique identifier for the user who initiated the export. |
Querying Read Audit Trail Records
You can use the Read Audit Trail feature to monitor the reading of sensitive information. To query Read Audit Trail information
- Navigate to the Audit Trail screen, then the Read Audit Items view.
- Select the Audit Trail Item required.
Some fields are described in the following table.
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Employee Login |
Displays the username of the user who read the record. |
Business Component |
Displays the business component for the record that was read. |
Record ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the record that was read. |
Date |
Displays the timestamp of the read operation. |
Employee ID |
Displays the unique identifier of the user who read the record. |
Field Name |
Displays the name of the field that was read. |
Field Value |
Displays the value that was in the field at the time that the field was read. |
NOTE: To audit record field values, you must select Read Field Value in the Field view of the Administration - Audit Trail screen. For more information, see Specifying Business Components and Business Component Fields for Audit.
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