IBM Cognos Analytics - Audit Extension Reports and Models

Summary

The standard auditing features that come out of the box with IBM Cognos® Analytics cover many aspects of operation. However, some areas such as the auditing of users and capability assignments are not included. The aim of the "c12AuditExtension" application is to provide additional auditing for these areas.

The application is managed through a web front-end that allows the configuration of server and namespace information. It can be used to turn on or off individual audit types for a particular server.

Audits can be initiated in three ways:

- the management web interface
- a simple URL/web form call
- a web services call

The results of each audit are logged to a database and an IBM Cognos Framework Manager model is provided to help report from the data.
The content that is provided in this article gives a basic overview of the IBM Cognos Audit Extension and updated reporting content.

The IBM Cognos Audit Extension is an as-is application. This means the Customer Support team does not field calls on this application.

This document is updated periodically as additional information is requested.

Important: Use the files that are attached to this technote where possible. Audit Extension features not available in 12.1.0 and issues that were not resolved before the release are resolved in the files that are added to this technote.