System Components Used for Audits

The following system components provide access to the functions you use to configure audit message and notification handling and to monitor system activity:

  • Server settings
  • Audit Messages
  • Audit Log
  • Operators
  • Notifications
  • Notification Log
Table 1. Audit components and functions
Component Function
Server settings Allows you to configure database and notification-related information, including the following:
  • The ODBC data source the system uses
  • The ID and password the system uses to access the Sterling Gentran:Server® database system
  • Dependencies used by the Audit Notification system (such as database services or load order groups)
  • The MAPI profile and communications port used to send notifications

This component also allows you to start and stop Audit Notifications System activity.

Audit Messages Displays a list of all audit messages defined in the system. Allows you to:
  • Modify limited audit message information for messages defined by Sterling Gentran:Server (such as the Log to which the message is written, which would be the Audit Log or the Windows Event Log).
  • Add, change, and delete your own (user-defined) audit messages.
  • Search for specific audit messages.
Audit Log Performs the following actions:
  • Displays a list of Audit Log entries written by system components.
  • Identifies Audit Log entries that were generated from the same system event (such as a specific Process Control event or user session) with the same Event ID number, for easier identification.

Allows you to:

  • Customize your visual display of Audit Log entries (columns, sort order, page size).
  • Use filtering criteria to specify characteristics limiting the messages to be in the display.
  • Search for specific entries.
  • View detailed properties of Audit Log entries.
Operators Allows you to:
  • Define or modify properties such as e-mail address and pager information for the users who are to receive notifications.
  • Add and delete notifications.
  • Test the validity of e-mail or pager information entered for an operator.
Notifications Displays a list of all notifications defined in the system. Allows you to:
  • Add, change, and delete notifications.
  • View detailed properties for a notification.

Allows you to configure notifications:

  • Based on a specific audit message or severity (such as warning messages)
  • Based on the specific functional source or component (such as the translator) generating the message
  • In the form of an alert, a page, an e-mail, or a Process Control event
  • That are multiple response actions in any combination of notification type (such as a page and an e-mail)
  • That are sent to multiple operators
Notification Log Allows you to:
  • View a list of notifications that have been generated to you.
  • View a list of all notifications generated.
  • View detailed properties of a Notification Log entry.
  • Receive Notification Log alerts while logged on with the Notification Log open.
  • Delete all Notification Log entries that have been generated to you.
  • Delete all Notification Log entries that have been generated.