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  • 1.  Anyway to extend Datacap AUDIT functionality?

    Posted 02/02/24 12:31 AM
    Edited by dsakai 02/02/24 04:09 AM
    I think Datacap Audit functionality is too simple or poor.
    AUDIT Table only has three columns.
     
    AU_USERID AU_TIME AU_ACTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
    ex) admin;1.0;26c52f8; 2023-04-05-02.03.16.000000 Login;userID=admin;station=1;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
     
    Why isn't there Tool Name column that can record Datacap Studio, TMWeb, or Navigator Desktop?
    I can never know which Datacap tool the user has used to login.
    Also, AUDIT table always records login/logoff, but when it comes to Admin work,
    AUDIT table can only record actions done on Navigator Desktop.
    When I added a user from TMWeb, it was not recorded in AUDIT table.
    (Below is an operation on Navigator. I don't see such an entry with TMWeb operation.)
     admin;1.0;196b590; 2023-04-06-00.09.52.000000 Added user - index6 IDwtmuser2 Desc   
    Also, it seems pretty useless AUDIT Table keeps recording all login info of Rulerunner Servers and their login is automatic login.
    I think 99% of login info recorded in AUDIT table is this system login entry.
    I'd like to know if there are any ways to extend Audit functionality of Datacap.



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    dsakai
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  • 2.  RE: Anyway to extend Datacap AUDIT functionality?

    Posted 02/28/24 05:39 AM

    Hello,

    Indeed, the audit information is not detailed enough. We had similar requirements and we ended up writing custom actions to log user operations in Datacap. 

    Good luck,



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    Olivier Baltus
    NSI Luxembourg
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  • 3.  RE: Anyway to extend Datacap AUDIT functionality?

    Posted 02/28/24 08:27 PM

    Thank you for your comment.

    Can your custom actions log admin actions on TMWeb or the name of the tool the user logged in (like "Datacap Studio", "ICN", "TMWeb")?

    I'd like to know.



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    dsakai
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  • 4.  RE: Anyway to extend Datacap AUDIT functionality?

    Posted 02/29/24 01:41 AM
    Edited by Olivier Baltus 02/29/24 01:41 AM

    The custom actions are embedded in the DC application, they operate at the application level, and are used to log operator's actions such verification,... Custom actions cannot be used to log actions that occurs at the wTM level. 



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    Olivier Baltus
    NSI Luxembourg
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  • 5.  RE: Anyway to extend Datacap AUDIT functionality?

    Posted 03/01/24 11:31 AM

    All the responses are correct.  There is a "Statistics" ruleset you can use or look into.  But It's not for logon.
    Catch 22 for extending any audit information.   The more you enabled for auditing or add to engine table will cause poor performance if the engine table is huge.

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-clean-out-large-volumes-old-and-stale-records-datacap-engine-database-tables



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    Duke Lam
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