Developing Longview AuditQuerySpecs

Creating AuditQuerySpec documents

An AuditQuerySpec document consists of functions and comments. The AuditQuerySpec document is used in conjunction with the Application Framework commands GET METADATAAUDITRAIL and RESET METADATAAUDITTRAIL to query specific metadata audit details, and to reset specific metadata audit trail activity.

Using AuditQuerySpec functions

The following table lists the functions that are used in a AuditQuerySpec document. Click the links to view detailed usage and syntax information.

• CategoryFilter
• DateFilter
• UserFiter

CategoryFilter

Use this function to retrieve metadata or reset audit trail activity for a subset of categories. The Category function in a AuditQuerySpec document has the following syntax:

Syntax:

CategoryFilter Category1|Catetgory2|..|CategoryN

where:

• CategoryN is one of the following:

  Field	Description
  ALL	All Activity Types
  ATTRIBUTE	Attribute Maintenance Activity
  AUTHORIZATION	Authorization Maintenance Activity
  GROUP	Group Maintenance Activity
  GROUPMEMBERSHIP	Group Membership Activity
  METADATA	Metadata Audit Trail Activity.  Applies to GET METADATAAUDITTRAIL only.
  ROLE	Role Maintenance Activity
  SYMBOL	Symbol Maintenance Activity
  USER	User Maintenance Activity

Syntax example:

CATEGORY USER|GROUP|GROUPMEMBERSHIP

DateFilter

Use this function to indicate whether to download metadata audit trail information associated with a particular date or range of dates.

The DateFilter function in an AuditDataSpec document has the following syntax:

Syntax:

DateFilter startRange, TO, endRange

where:

• startRange is the starting range for the date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
• endRange is the ending range for the date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

UserFilter

Use this function to indicate whether to filter metadata audit trail information associated with a particular user who initiated the metadata activity.

Syntax:

UserFilter userID|ALL

where:

• userID is the user to specify.
• ALL specifies that metadata audittrail should be retrieved for all users who initiated metadata activity.

Note: To specify a specific Date, use the same value for the parameters startRange and endRange.

Syntax example:

Using commands and functions that reference AuditQuerySpec documents

The following Longview Application Framework commands can reference a AuditQuerySpec document:

• Get MetadataAuditTrail
• Reset MetadataAuditTrail

For more information on these and other commands and functions, see Developing Longview Procedures.

Sample AuditQuerySpec document

The following example illustrates an AuditQuerySpec document named AuditQuery.lvaud.

Note: To add a comment to syntax, insert two forward slashes ( // ) at the beginning of the comment.

AuditQuerySpec syntax example