Dear All,
Continuing with my previous blogs on BusinessObjects Auditor here is another one to compare the Auditing capabilities between BO 3.x and BO 4.0. Below table could help you to understand the differences.
| Parameter | BusinessObjects 4.0 | BusinessObjects 3.x |
|---|
| Audit universe and reports | Sample audit universe and reports are no longer provided. You need to use the As-Is sample provided here http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/40711187-04e8-2d10-d190-851e20c7665a | Out of box Audit universe and associated predefined audit reports |
| Auditor Configuration | Auditing Configuration is centralized. All the Audit configurations are defined in a single place (CMC -> Auditing) | Auditing has been enabled in every individual component. - Enable Audit in CCM Audit Database Configuration - Enable Audit in CMC CMS Applications Individual BusinessObjects server |
| Events | Events are Standardized and grouped according to their category. Below are the categories - Common Events - Platform Events - Analysis Events - Lifecycle management Events - Web Intelligence Events | Not available |
| Audit data retention | Provision to purge the Audit database records based on their age. (CMC -> Auditing -> [Delete Events Older than (days)] | Not available |
| Audit database schema | Enhanced database schema to categorize and develop Adhoc audit reports. Below are the Audit tables ADS_EVENT ADS_AUDITEE ADS_SERVER_NAME_STR ADS_SERVICE_TYPE_STR ADS_APPLICATION_TYPE_STR ADS_SUPPORTED_EVENTS ADS_CLUSTER ADS_CLUSTER_STR ADS_EVENT_TYPE ADS_EVENT_TYPE_STR ADS_EVENT_CATEGORY_STR ADS_EVENT_DETAIL_TYPE_STR ADS_OBJECT_TYPE_STR ADS_STATUS_STR ADS_EVENT_DELETES | Below are the Audit tables APPLICATION_TYPE EVENT_TYPE DETAIL_TYPE AUDIT_EVENT AUDIT_DETAIL SERVER_PROCESS |
| Client Auditing | No pre-configuration required. Client applications support auditing by default: • Central Management Console (CMC) • BI launch pad • Open Document • Analysis • Live Office Web Services Provider • Web Intelligence desktop • Mobile • Dashboard & Presentation Design • Dashboard Manager | Pre-requisites • You will need at least one Adaptive Processing Server with Client Auditing Proxy Service and auditing enabled on this server. • For clients connecting through CORBA, you must open a port in the firewall between the client and the Adaptive Processing Server machines. • For client connection through HTTP (Desktop Intelligence ZABO client, Web Intelligence Rich Client, InfoView, etc.), you must open a port in the firewall between the Web Application Server and the Adaptive Processing Server machines. • Auditing must be enabled on the Cache and Job servers for Desktop Intelligence or Web Intelligence (or both). |
Some of the useful references for BusinessObjects Auditor are provided below.
References
BO 3.x Auditing Configuration
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1363783 - Manual Auditing configuration
BO 3.x Audit data purging
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1480761 - How to purge or cleanup old data from the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Audit Database
How to enable auditing events for client applications in Business Objects XI3.1?
http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1736503
BO 4.0 Auditor deployment
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Auditor Configuration & Deployment End to End
BO 4.0 Auditor Configuration
BusinessObjects Auditing - Considerations & Enabling
Hope the blog is interesting. Looking forward comments on this entry to enhance this further.
Thanks for reading.