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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 15, 2021

Audit IWS service functions

Nearly all service functions in IWS dialog selection 9 are critical to business or at least can be in case of misuse or inattentiveness.

So, as a consequence, it is necessary to audit all the following functions:
- Deactivate job submission: MLOG contains a message, no entry in audit log
- Activate job submission: MLOG contains a message, no entry in audit log
- Deactivate automatic recovery: MLOG contains a message, no entry in audit log
- Activate automatic recovery: MLOG contains a message, no entry in audit log
- Delete current plan and reset long term plan: to be true I don't even want to test this in my test environment, but this is the most critical function and messages and audit entries should be created.
- Activate RACF subresources defined after TWCP started: message would be fine, but not required (less critical)
- Deactivate event triggered tracking: no MLOG message, no entry in audit log
- Activate event triggered tracking: no MLOG message, no entry in audit log

From our point of view at least one entry (either in MLOG or in the audit log) should be created when these functions are used. If both can be supported, this would be perfect.

Idea priority Medium