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Audit logging for business rules and selectors
You can set up IBM BPM to automatically log any changes made to business rules and selectors.
You can configure your server to automatically detect when changes are made to business rules and selectors, and create an entry in a log file detailing the changes.
You can choose to have the log entries written
to either the standard JVM SystemOut.log file, or to a custom audit log file of your choice. Depending on how the changes are made, the process server where each business rule or selector change is made
logs the:
- name of the person making the change
- location from where the change request originated
- old business rule or selector object
- new business rule or selector replacing the old object
The log entries are written to the spool. Depending
on how the changes are made, the process server where each business rule or selector change is made logs the:
- name of the person making the change
- location from where the change request originated
- old business rule or selector object
- new business rule or selector replacing the old object
The business rule and selector objects are the complete business rule set, decision table, business rule group, or selector for both the business rule or selector that is replaced and the new version which replaced it. You can examine the logs (the audit output cannot be directed to the Common Event Infrastructure database) to determine the changes that were made, by comparing the old and new business rules or selectors. The following scenarios describe the circumstance when logging occurs, if it has been configured, and the contents of the log entry:
| Scenario | Result | Log entry contents |
|---|---|---|
| Publish business rules using the Business Rule Manager | Request | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), old business rule ruleset, new ruleset. |
| Failure | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), old business rule ruleset, new ruleset. | |
| Repository database update and commit (from attempt to publish using the Business Rule Manager) | Success | User ID, old ruleset, new ruleset. |
| Failure | User ID, new ruleset. | |
| Export a selector or business rule group | Request | User ID, selector, or business rule group name. |
| Success | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of exported selector or business rule group | |
| Failure | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), selector or business rule group name. | |
| Importing a selector or business rule group | Request | User ID, copy of new selector or business rule group. |
| Success | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of imported selector or business rule group, copy of selector or business rule group that was replaced by the imported version. | |
| Failure | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of selector or business rule group that was to be imported. | |
| Application installation | Success | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), selector or business rule group name. |
| Failure | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), selector or business rule group name. | |
| Application update (through the administrative console or wsadmin command) | Success | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of new selector or business rule group, copy of old selector or business rule group. |
| Failure | User ID, Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of new selector or business rule group | |
| Previously deployed application with existing business rules, selectors or both is started | Success | Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of selector or business rule group. |
| Failure | Server name (including Cell and Node, if applicable), copy of selector or business rule group. |
Configure logging for service component events
Related concepts:
Business process rules manager
Administer business rules and selectors
Viewing and interpreting service component event log files
Related tasks:
Configuring business rules and selectors auditing using the administrative console: 
