Setting up audit logging in IBM Cognos Administration

Use audit logs to view information about IBM® Cognos® Mobile user and report activity.

About this task

Examples of actions recorded in audit logs include user logon and logoff times, expired user sessions, scheduled report delivery, saved output, and so on.

You can also enable audit logging in the c10_location/configuration/ipfclientconfig.xml file. For more information, see Enabling Cognos BI logging for Mobile server.

For more information about audit reporting, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration and Security Guide. This document also contains information about the sample Cognos Mobile audit reports.

Procedure

  1. Open Cognos Administration.
  2. On the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
  3. Click the dispatcher name.
  4. In the list of the dispatcher services, find the MobileService, and in the Actions column, click its Set properties icon.
  5. Click the Settings tab, and under Category, choose Logging.
  6. For Audit logging level for mobile service, select any value except for Minimal.

    The following logging levels can be specified to enable audit logging: Basic, Request, Trace, and Full. The Minimal logging level disables audit logging.

  7. Click OK.
  8. To apply the value, stop and restart the IBM Cognos service.
Parent topic: Enabling Cognos BI logging for Mobile server