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Audit event tracking in HCL Unica
You can configure which audit events are tracked and assign a severity level to each tracked event.
Fields and buttons in the Audit Events report
Fields in the Audit Events report provide details about system and user events in Unica.

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    - Audit event tracking in HCL Unica
      You can configure which audit events are tracked and assign a severity level to each tracked event.
      - Limitations on audit event tracking
        If you configure tracking for configuration property audit events, these changes are tracked only when they are performed using the Settings > Configuration page.
      - Legacy audit events
        Previous releases of Unica Platform saved audit events in the Unica Platform system tables, although no report was available. If you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.1.1, the Audit Events report includes these legacy events.
      - Retroactive changes
        If the first name, last name, or email address of a user account is changed, all audit events tracked for this user reflect the changes. This is true even for events tracked before the user profile changes were made.
      - Permissions for viewing the Audit Events report in a multi-partition environment
        In a multi-partition environment, the partition membership of the administrator viewing the Audit Events report affects the events that are included when the administrator views the report.
      - Enabling and disabling event auditing
        By default, event auditing is disabled. To enable event auditing, you set the Unica Platform | Audit Events | Is Event Auditing enabled configuration property to True.
      - Configuring which audit events appear in the report
        To specify the audit events that are available in the audit report and their severity, you set properties on the Settings > Configuration page.
      - Modifying the audit report content and display
        You can add and remove events and columns, rearrange and sort the columns, set the time span, specify which tracked events are shown in the report, and filter the information.
      - Fields in the Report Parameters window
        Use the fields on the Report Parameters page to configure the way the audit report is displayed.
      - Fields and buttons in the Audit Events report
        Fields in the Audit Events report provide details about system and user events in Unica.
      - Archived audit events
        You can configure backups of audit events by setting the value of configuration properties in the Unica Platform | Audit Events | Audit Events Configuration category on the Settings > Configuration page.
      - Configuring audit backup notifications
        To notify users of the status of audit event backup, make them members of a group that you specify in a configuration property.
      - Exporting the Audit Events report
        You can export the security audit report to a text or comma separated file.
      - Optimizing the export of the Audit Events report for large event volumes
        If you want to export large audit event reports, for example, reports containing more than 65,000 records matching your audit event report filter criteria, the export can time out. To circumvent this problem, perform the following procedure.
    - The Unica Platform system log
      You should check the system log first if the Unica Platform application malfunctions. The system log is independent of the security audit information, which is stored in the system tables. While the system log tracks some of the same information contained in the security audit reports, it also contains information useful in troubleshooting Unica Platform.
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Fields and buttons in the Audit Events report

Fields in the Audit Events report provide details about system and user events in Unica.

Table 1. Fields and buttons in the Audit Event report
Field or button	Description
Filter	To filter the report, enter text or numbers in the Filter field and click the button. The report displays only those events that contain the filter characters in any of the columns displayed in the report.
Report parameters	Click to open a window where you can change the columns displayed in the report, set a time period, and select from pre-defined sort orders.
Export	Click to open a window where you can export the report in CSV or text format.
Refresh	Click to refresh the report data.
Default fields
Event date/time (short)	The date and time of the event on the server where Unica Platform is deployed.
Event name	The tracked event. Events that are tracked are specified on the Settings > Configuration page.
Event details	Details about the tracked event. When a link is present, you can click it to see full details.
Login name	The login name of the user who performed the action.
Last name, first name	The first and last name of the user who performed the action.
Severity	The severity assigned to the event on the Unica Platform \| Audit Events \| Audit Events Severity Configuration page.
Optional fields set in the Report Parameters window
Browser	The browser used by the person who performed the action.
Host name	The name or IP address of the machine from which the action was performed.
Request from	The URI where the HTTP request originated.
Event date/time (long)	The date and time of the event on the server where Unica Platform is deployed, including the time zone.
User email	The email address of the user who performed the action.
Partition	The partition membership of the user who performed the action.

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