This article talks about the process of getting audit reports from Oracle. We have used the same setup that we have discussed in this article.
Setup Audit Trail Reports
Responsibility: System Administrator
Step 1: Create a new Audit Industry Template
Navigation: Security > AuditTrail > Audit Trail Reporting > Audit Industry Template
Query the form to check if any existing Industry template exists or not.
We find an already existing template and therefore we shall not create another industry template. Add the Group as the Functional Group in this template.
Select AP Audit group.
Save and close the form.
Step 2: Set the audit report
Navigation: Security > AuditTrail > Audit Trail Reporting > Audit Report
Enter the details
Click on Select Columns button.
Select the columns for which you want to run the report. We have selected 1 column, BANK_ACCOUNT_NUM, from the table, AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL.
Click on Print Options button.
It opens the printing options window and you can enter the printer details if you want to. We do not want the report to be printed to a printer and so we shall click on Cancel button to come back to the Select Reporting Columns form.
On the Select Reporting Columns form click on Run Report button.
The report is submitted and the request id is displayed. Now go to View > Requests > Find to check the concurrent requests.
Click on View Output button.
The output will display all changes made by SA1 user on the BANK_ACCOUNT_NUM column of this table.
The report in text format,
Page : 1
Functional Group : AP Audit group
Table Name : AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL
Transaction Type : User Name : SA1
Date Range : -
Table Name : AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL
Record ID : 22401
Audit Audit Audit User BANK_ACCOUNT_
Timestamp Transaction Name NUM
Type
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
07-JUN-12 11:22 Update SA1 088104294001
Record ID : 38381
Audit Audit Audit User BANK_ACCOUNT_
Timestamp Transaction Name NUM
Type
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12-JUN-12 12:18 Update SA1 200001788164
12-JUN-12 12:17 Update SA1 200001788164
12-JUN-12 12:01 Update SA1 200001788164
12-JUN-12 12:01 Update SA1 200001788164
12-JUN-12 12:00 Update SA1 200001788163
Record ID : 38546
Audit Audit Audit User BANK_ACCOUNT_
Timestamp Transaction Name NUM
Type
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12-JUN-12 18:32 Update SA1 00001230001
12-JUN-12 18:32 Update SA1 00001230001
12-JUN-12 18:32 Insert SA1 00001230001
Check changes on all the columns on this table, AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL.
Navigation: View > Requests > Single Request
Run the program named, Audit Report.
Enter the parameters as,
Table Name: AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL
Initialization: Yes
Click on OK and submit the request.
Once the request completes, click on View Output button. The report looks like the following,
In text the report is like this,
Audit ReportReport Date: 11-09-2012 14:43Report ParametersTable Name: AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALLTable Type: Non-datetrackedUser: SA1Start Date: (s7B01-JAN-01(s0BEnd Date: (s7B31-DEC-12(s0BAudit ReportTable Name: AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL Report Date: 11-09-2012 14:43Primary Key: BANK_ACCOUNT_ID Page: 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 07-06-2012 11:22 Primary Key Value: 22401Audit Session Id: 60917890 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 16-02-2011 07-06-2012Last Updated By 1176 12691Last Update 13824409 20301599Login----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 12:00 Primary Key Value: 38381Audit Session Id: 61030554 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 14-02-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 14-02-2012Last Updated By 1962 12691Last Update 19099472 20365176Login----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 12:01 Primary Key Value: 38381Audit Session Id: 61030573 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Bank Account Num 200001788163 200001788164Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 12:01 Primary Key Value: 38381Audit Session Id: 61030573 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 12-06-2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 12:17 Primary Key Value: 38381Audit Session Id: 61030873 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 12-06-2012Audit ReportTable Name: AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL Report Date: 11-09-2012 14:43Primary Key: BANK_ACCOUNT_ID Page: 2----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 12:18 Primary Key Value: 38381Audit Session Id: 61008913 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 12-06-2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 18:32 Primary Key Value: 38546Audit Session Id: 61037197 Transaction Type: Normal InsertUser Name: SA1Column Name New Value----------- ---------Created By 12691Bank Account TestNameBank Account Num 00001230001Currency Code INRMulti Currency YFlagLast Update Date 12-06-2012Creation Date 12-06-2012Last Updated By 12691Last Update 20366178LoginBank Branch Id 762018Set Of Books Id 1004Zero Amounts NAllowedAccount Type INTERNALOrg Id 360----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 18:32 Primary Key Value: 38546Audit Session Id: 61037197 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 12-06-2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------Audit Timestamp: 12-06-2012 18:32 Primary Key Value: 38546Audit Session Id: 61035117 Transaction Type: Normal UpdateUser Name: SA1Column Name Old Value New Value----------- --------- ---------Last Update Date 12-06-2012 12-06-2012Inactive Date 12-06-2012Audit ReportTable Name: AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL Report Date: 11-09-2012 14:43Primary Key: BANK_ACCOUNT_ID Page: 3***** End Of Report *****
This report also gives us the audit data in a different format. Using these seeded audit reports all changes can be tracked and monitored by administrators. For specific requirements alerts for alerting administrators for certain changes or custom reports (AP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL_A table) can be built to analyze the data.
Cheers!
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