Defining a Characteristic for an Audit Event Type

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for an audit event type, you should have:

  • Characteristic types defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Audit Event Type)

Procedure

To define a characteristic for an audit event type:

  1. Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are defining, editing, or copying an audit event type.

    The Characteristics section contains the following fields in a grid:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Characteristic Type Used to indicate the characteristic type.
    Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Audit Event Type.
    		 Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the audit event type.
    Characteristic Value Used to specify the value for the characteristic type.
    Note:

    If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, the Predefined Characteristic Search window appears where you can search for a predefined characteristic value.

    On specifying the value for a predefined characteristic type, the description of the characteristic value appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field.

    		 Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the audit event type.
  2. Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
  3. If you want to define more than one characteristic for the audit event type, click the Add (The Add Icon) icon, and then repeat step 2.
    Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the audit event type, click the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon corresponding to the characteristic.

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