Viewing Audit Reports

Prerequisites

• You have applied for a database audit instance and the Status is Running.
• Database audit has been enabled.

Report Types

Database audit provides eight types of report templates. Table 1 lists the report names. You can generate reports and set report tasks as needed.

Step 1: Generating a Report

You can generate reports immediately or periodically. You can also customize the generation time, frequency, and format of reports.

• Method 1: Generating a Report Immediately

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Select a region, click , and choose Security & Compliance > Database Security Service. The Dashboard page is displayed.
3. In the Instance drop-down list, select the instance whose instance report you want to generate.
4. Click the Report Management tab.
5. In the Operation column of a report template, click Generate Report, as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Report template list
   

6. In the displayed dialog box, click to set the start time and end time of the report, and select the database for which you want to generate a report, as shown in Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Generate Report
   

7. Click OK.

• Method 2: Setting Periodic Report Release

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Select a region, click , and choose Security > Database Security Service. The Dashboard page is displayed.
3. In the Instance drop-down list, select the instance for which you want to set a report task.
4. Locate the target template and click Schedule Task in the Operation column, as shown in Figure 3.
   Figure 3 Setting a task
   

5. In the displayed dialog box, set the parameters of the scheduled task, as shown in Figure 4. For details about related parameters, see Table 2.
   Figure 4 Setting a scheduled task
   

   Table 2 Parameters for setting a task

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Enable Task	Status of a scheduled task. : disabled : enabled
   Message Notifications	Enables or disables notifications. : enabled : disabled
   SMN Topic	For details about topics and subscriptions, see Simple Message Notification User Guide.	-
   Report Type	Type of a report. The options are as follows: Daily Weekly Monthly	Weekly
   Execution Mode	Execution mode of the report. The options are as follows: Once Periodically	Periodically
   Time	Time when the report is executed	10:00
   Format	Only the PDF format is supported.	PDF
   Database	Database for which you want to execute the report task	-

6. Click OK.

Step 2: Previewing and Downloading Audit Reports

Before previewing or downloading an audit report, ensure that its Status is 100%.

To preview a report online, use Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox.

1. Select a region, click , and choose Security > Database Security Service. The Dashboard page is displayed.
2. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Reports.
3. In the Instance drop-down list, select the instance whose report you want to preview or download.
4. Locate the target template, and click Preview or More > Download in the Operation column to preview or download the report. See Figure 5..
   Figure 5 Previewing or downloading an audit report