As a tenant administrator, use the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard to monitor the details of various activities performed in BMC Helix Portal. For example, you can monitor and audit activities such as updates to the user roles, user groups, and so on. For more information about audit activities, see Viewing audit records Open link .

The dashboard uses the BMC Helix data source, and the Audit query type. For more information, see Audit query.

Setting up dashboards

Example: View recently updated user roles

Jordan, the tenant administrator, wants to view the user roles that were updated in BMC Helix Portal in the last 30 days. He accesses the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard and selects filters on the appropriate Operation and Resource Types to get the data.

The following image shows the recently updated user roles in the last 30 days:

To view the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard

In the navigation pane, hover over Dashboards and click Browse.
Select Helix Common Services > BMC Helix Portal Audit.

Tip

To quickly open the dashboard from the home page, mark it as a favorite by using the star icon. Additionally, after you open a dashboard, it is available under Recently viewed dashboards on the home page.

Panels in the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard

Panel	Description	Example
Dashboard filters	Use the following filters to view specific records. You can select one or more options from the following filters: Actor—the name of the user who performed the activity Operation—the type of activity performed on the resource Resource Type—the resource type, such as authentication Audit activities of all operations that are performed on alarm policies in BMC Helix Operations Management; for example, creating, updating, enabling, disabling, and deleting alarm policies. To view the audit activities of alarm policies, select the Alarm Policy resource type in the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard. Resource Name—the name of the user on whom the activity was performed Application—the application where the audit activity has been performed, such as identity management service
Audit Records	View the details of the audit activities performed in BMC Helix Portal. Time (UTC)—The time of the activity performed Category—The type of the activity performed Actor—The user who performed the activity Resource Type—The type of the object on which the activity is performed Resource Name—The name of the object on which the activity is performed Operation—The type of the activity Status—The status of the activity Changes—The type of changes performed on the object Application—The application on which the activity is performed Details—The details of the activity Resource category—The category of the object on which the activity is performed Source—The IP address of the system where the activity is performed Audit ID—The unique ID of entry in the audit service

BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard

Example: View recently updated user roles

To view the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard

Panels in the BMC Helix Portal Audit dashboard

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