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Change Auditor 7.4 - User Guide

Change Auditor Overview Agent Deployment Change Auditor Client Overview Overview Page Searches Search Results and Event Details Custom Searches and Search Properties Enable Alert Notifications Administration Tasks Agent Configurations Coordinator Configuration Purging and Archiving your Change Auditor Database Disable Private Alerts and Reports Generate and Schedule Reports SQL Reporting Services Configuration Change Auditor User Interface Authorization Client Authentication Certificate authentication for client coordinator communication Integrating with On Demand Audit Enable/Disable Event Auditing Account Exclusion Registry Auditing Service Auditing Agent Statistics and Logs Coordinator Statistics and Logs Change Auditor Commands Change Auditor Email Tags

Coordinator Log page

Two new log pages are created whenever you select View Coordinator Log. These log pages contain the event details that were recorded in each of these trace logs for the selected coordinator:

The data grid and event details pane on this page contains the following information for each log entry. The default column in the table below identifies the fields that are displayed in the data grid by default. To display different fields, click the Field Chooser button located to the far left of the column headings.

File

No

Specifies the name of the source file that logged the message.

Function

No

Displays the name of the function that logged the message.

ID

No

Displays the event ID used to identify the event.

Level

Yes

Indicates the severity of the event message:

Line

No

Specifies the line within the source file that logged the message.

Logger

No

Specifies the logger used to log events.

Message

Yes

Displays the event message that was posted to the log.

Thread

No

Specifies the thread within the source file that logged the message.

Timestamp

Yes

Displays the date and time when the entry was posted to the log.

Use the tool bar buttons at the top of the log page to scroll through the log and search for log entries.

Refresh

Use to refresh and reload the log entries from the source file.

Copy

Use to copy the selected content to the clip board. Use with the Select All button to copy and paste the contents of the entire log into another application.

Select All

Use to select the entire contents of the log. Use with the Copy button to copy and paste the contents of the log into another application.

Find:

Enter a specific string of characters or word to be located in the log and use the Find button to locate the text.

Show Matched Entries Only (Ctrl+M)

Use to display only the entries that match the word/string of characters entered in the search text.

Match Case

Use to locate entries that match the case as it was entered in the search text.

Previous

Use to move to the previous entry that contains the search text.

Next

Use to move to the next entry that contains the search text.

Print

Use one of the Print options to print or save the contents of the log.

View and save coordinator trace logs

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Click Logs | Open Log.
NOTE: If necessary, click Make New Folder to create a new folder for these logs.
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Change Auditor Commands

This appendix lists the commands available throughout the Change Auditor client. The tables in this appendix list the following commands that are available throughout the entire client:

Menu commands

The Change Auditor commands are grouped under a menu on the menu bar. Some of these commands perform an action immediately; others display an additional dialog or open a wizard where you select options or specify additional information.

The following table provides a description of the commands available under each of the Change Auditor menus.

Table 1. Menu commands

Ctrl+O

Use to display the Connection screen to select the connection profile to be used to connect to a Change Auditor coordinator.

This command is only available when the client is disconnected from a coordinator.

Ctrl+D

Use to disconnect from the current coordinator.

 

Use to view one of the log files. Selecting this command will display the Open Log dialog allowing you to select the log file to be viewed. Once selected, a new tabbed page will be created in the client displaying the entries logged in the selected log.

 

Use to view the current client log. A new tabbed page will be created in the client displaying the entries logged to the current client log.

Ctrl+P

Use to send the contents of the displayed page to the designated printer. When you select this command, the Print dialog will be displayed allowing you to specify various print options.

Ctrl+Shift+F

Use to save the contents of the displayed page to either an Excel (.xls) or comma delimited (.csv) file. When you select this command, the Save As dialog will be displayed allowing you to specify the location, file name and type of file to be created.

Ctrl+Shift+D

Use to save the contents of the displayed page to a PDF file. When you select this command, the Save As dialog will be displayed allowing you to specify the location and file name.

Ctrl+Shift+P

Use to preview the contents of the displayed page prior to printing it.

Ctrl+Shift+U

Use to define the page settings for printing. Selecting this command will display the Page Setup dialog allowing you to define the paper, page orientation and margins.

Ctrl+Q

Use to close the client.

Ctrl+X

Use to move the selected item (folder or search definition) to a different location in the explorer view (left pane) on the Searches page. Once cut, this item can then be pasted (or moved) to another location.

Ctrl+C

Use to copy the selected item (folder or search definition) to another location in the explorer view (left pane) on the Searches page. Once copied, a copy of this item can be pasted to another location.

Ctrl+V

Use to paste the contents of the clipboard (folder or search definition) to the selected location.

 

Use to remove the selected user-defined item (folder or search definition).

 

Use to move the selected item (folder or search definition) to another location in the explorer view (left pane) on the Searches page. Selecting this command will display the Select the Destination Folder dialog allowing you to select the new location.

F5

Use to retrieve and redisplay current data.

Ctrl+F

Use to resize the columns based on the content, which will eliminate the scroll bars.

 

Use to close multiple client windows and return to a single client window.

 

Use to display the XML tab, which displays the XML representation of a selected search criteria, at the end of the Search Properties tabs.

 

Use to display the SQL tab, which displays the SQL query built to run a selected search, at the end of the Search Properties tabs.

 

Use to enable or disable the auto connect feature. When enabled, the Connection Profile dialog will not be displayed when the client is launched. Instead, the previously specified connection profile will automatically be used to connect to the coordinator.

 

Use this to disconnect from the client after 30 minutes of inactivity. If this option is not checked, the connection to the coordinator remains open.

 

Use to hide (or display) the desktop notification that is displayed in the lower right-hand corner of the screen whenever an agent is connected or disconnected from the coordinator, or when the coordinator is stopped or started.

NOTE: Agent Notifications is enabled by default.

 

Use to enable or disable the refreshing of the currently displayed grid (on the Deployment, Overview or Agent Statistics page) when an agent either connects or disconnects.

NOTE: Agent Auto Refresh is enabled by default.

 

Use to hide unlicensed components from the Administration Tasks tab and unlicensed events throughout the client.

 

Use to export the Administration settings, such as configurations and settings, and auditing and protection templates, into an XML file. Selecting this command displays an Export dialog allowing you to select the settings/templates to be exported.

 

Use to import previously exported Administration settings. Selecting this command displays an Import dialog allowing you to select the settings/templates to be imported.

Ctrl+F8

Use to display the Deployment page, from which you can deploy agents.

Ctrl+F9

Use to display the Overview page, which displays the results of your favorite search as well as an overview of the following information:

Ctrl+F10

Use to display the Searches page, from which you can run searches, define new searches and enable alerting.

Ctrl+F11

Use to display the Agent Statistics page which provides a global view of all your agents, providing you with their current status and statistics.

Shift+F11

Use to display the Coordinator Statistics page which provides coordinator status, database information and agent connection, event and alert data.

Ctrl+F12

Use to display the Administration Tasks tab which provides a single location where you can perform various administrative tasks related to configuring Change Auditor, customizing the auditing process and defining protection.

 

Use to close all open windows.

 

The remainder of this menu lists all of the windows that are currently opened in the client. A check mark to the left of a window indicates the window that is currently active.

 

Use to display the Quest Change Auditor dialog which displays the following information:

The About tab displays the current version, patent, trademark and copyright statements.
The License tab provides license compliance information.
The Legal Notices tab displays acknowledgments for third party components that are used in Change Auditor
The Contact tab provides contact information for technical support, product questions and sales.

F1

Use to display the contents and initial screen of the online help.

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