System Administration

Audit Tables H

Audit Tables V

Use this page to:

To access this page in System Administration:

  1. Click Data Sources in the Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Audit icon for a data source.
  3. Click the Tables icon.

Field

Description
TABLE NAME

Displays the name of the audited data source table.

ENABLE AUDITING

If checked, an audit trail is enabled for the table.

AUDIT PROCEDURES

If checked, a record of every stored procedure that runs against a record as part of a Stewardship Tier Page Event is maintained in the audit tables.

BUILD AUDIT TABLES

Click to create audit tables in the specified Data Source to track changes to the selected user table.

NOTE: Once the tables are built, the Snapshot Data button is active.

SNAPSHOT DATA

Click to create a copy of the tables with a snapshot of the data currently in the table. This process must be run after creating the audit tables. When a record is edited, the audit trail records both the before and the after values. However, the trail only shows values that are edited. Snapshot Data can be viewed as an insert for existing records. If the audit is enabled after the table has values in it, the trail has no way of telling where the data came from, so the snapshot is a way of verifying that some data existed prior to auditing.

CHECK COLUMNS

Click to report any differences between the columns in the table and the audit table. When the audit tables are built, all the columns from the table that are being audited are included. However, it is possible to have a case where the columns in the table and the audit tables do not match. There can be two reasons for the misalignment:

  • The Designer deliberately removed some columns from the audit table because those values should not be audited.
  • The Designer added columns to the table after the audit tables were built and forgot to manually update the audit tables.

Audit Tables V

Audit Tables H

Field

Description

Table Name

Displays the name of the audited data source table.

Drop Tables

Request Drop

Click to request that the audit tables be dropped. Another user with Administrator rights must confirm within 24 hours before the audit tables can actually be dropped.

Drop Requested By

Displays the name of the user who requested that the audit tables be dropped.

Drop Requested On

Displays the date on which a user requested that the audit tables be dropped.

Drop Audit Tables

Click to drop the audit tables. This button is enabled after another user with Administrator rights requests that the audit tables be dropped.