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Configure business rules and selectors auditing using the administrative console

You can configure the server to use different values from the default values for the audit log that keeps track of new, changed, and deleted business rules and selectors. Changing the configuration can help you conserve resources on your server.

You must be at the administrative console to perform this task.

When security and role-based authorization are enabled, you must be logged in as a configurator to perform this task.

After you have run your server in production for a while, you may have determined that the default values the server uses for the business rules and selectors audit log need adjustment.

To configure the business rule and selector audit log...


Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Business Rules and Selectors Auditing page by clicking Servers > Application servers > servername Business Rules > Business Rules and Selectors Auditing.
  2. Do one of the following depending on the type of change you want.
    Type of change Actions
    Immediate

    1. Select the Runtime tab.

    2. Enter the required changes.
    3. Optional: To make the changes permanent, copy them to the repository by selecting Save runtime changes to configuration as well.

    4. Click OK to make the changes and return to the previous page or Apply to make the changes and remain on this page.
    Delayed

    1. Select the Configuration tab.

    2. Enter the required changes.

    3. Click OK to make the changes and return to the previous page or Apply to make the changes and remain on this page.

    4. When you want the changes to take effect, restart the server.


Results

The audit log takes the attributes you specified.

You may need to modify the configuration for business rules and selector auditing due to the way the server user identity is specified when security is enabled with WebSphere Application Server 6.1. If the default value is used for the server user identity, an automatically generated server identity value is recorded in the audit record for the user when any auditable action involving business rules or selectors is performed when the application containing the business rules or selectors is started after business rule or selector installation. An auditable action occurs when a business rule or selector artifact is changed through application startup after install, management clients, or import or export through the administrative console. The generated value may not match the format of other user IDs used in other audit records, and you may want a more consistent value.

You can specify a server identity by selecting the option to use a "Server identity that is stored in the repository," which will associate a user ID that is in the user repository with the server process. The audit records will use this identity when auditable actions involving business rules or selectors are performed when the application containing the business rules or selectors is started after the business rule or selector artifacts are installed in the repository. To configure a server user identity, select Security > Global Security and click the Configure button in the User account repository section.

The server identity value has no effect on audit actions involving changes through management clients such as the business process rules manager or other administrative actions such as exporting or importing business rule groups. For these actions, the audit record will use the authenticated user.

For more information about changing the server user identity, see the topics under Securing IBM BPM and applications and Securing applications and their environment in the WebSphere Application Server information center.

Configure business rules and selectors


Related concepts:
Considerations for installing the business process rules manager


Related tasks:
Configure business rules and selectors auditing using commands


Related information:
Considerations for modules containing business rules and selectors
Overview of business rules
Business process rules manager
Overview of selector components