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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 2, 2026

Present results of goals that use 1154 records in a clearer way

There should be a plain English description of what each SMF record represents. Some are self explanatory but many are not, which means you need to look them up in separate documentation to be able to understand their meaning,

Additionally, the scan results that are non-compliant should make it clear which specific value is different to the expected value.

If you use goal 4051010 as an example, the expected value is this:

{"SMF1154_51_RES_A_IDSTAR": "0", "SMF1154_51_RES_A_IDSTAR_P": "0/1", "SMF1154_51_RES_A_P": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_A_PRIV_LOG_ALL": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_RISK": "10", "SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_SENSTYPE": "DefDelAlias", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITF": "0", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITS": "0", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_P": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_PROTECTED": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_UACC": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_WARN": "0" }, { "SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_RISK": "10", "SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_SENSTYPE": "DefDelAlias", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITF": "0", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITS": "0", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_P": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_PROTECTED": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_UACC": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_WARN": "0"

The actual value is this:

"SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_RISK": "10", "SMF1154_51_RES_PRIV_SENSTYPE": "DefDelAlias", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITF": "00", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_AUDITS": "FF", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_GLOBAL": "40", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_IDSTAR": "40", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_P": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_PROTECTED": "1", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_UACC": "01", "SMF1154_51_RES_R_WARN": "0"

Its not easy to identify which attribute is wrong as there are lots of values to compare, and further to the first point, once identified it’s still difficult to determine what the issue is and what action is required to fix the non-compliance.

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Sunil Kumar Guduru
    Jun 3, 2026

    The user experience is being reworked on the explainability and usability of the results.