1. REST API for Oracle Essbase
  2. Tasks
  3. Audit Trail

Get Audit Data

get

/essbase/rest/v1/applications/{application}/databases/{database}/audittrail/data

Returns audit trail data in CSV string format if Accept='text/csv' or Accept='text/plain'. If Accept='application/octet-stream', returns audit data as a CSV stream to download. If Accept='application/json', returns the audit data list in JSON format.

The audit trail records are stored in the ESSBASE_DATA_AUDIT_TRAIL table in the Essbase repository database schema.

Request

Path Parameters
Query Parameters
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Response

Supported Media Types

200 Response

OK

Audit trail data returned successfully.

Body ()
Root Schema : schema
Type: string

400 Response

Bad Request

Failed to return audit data.

500 Response

Internal Server Error.

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Examples

The following example shows how to get previously collected data audit trail information for an Essbase database.

This example uses cURL to access the REST API from a Windows shell script. The calling user's ID and password are variables whose values are set in properties.bat.

Script with cURL Command - Enable Audit Trail

Before you can review data audit trail information, you must enable audit trail using application configuration property AUDITTRAIL. The following example shows how to enable it:

call properties.bat
curl -X POST "https://myserver.example.com:9001/essbase/rest/v1/applications/Sample_Dynamic/configurations?links=none" -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d '{"key": "AUDITTRAIL", "value": "DATA", "configured": false}' -u %User%:%Password%

Sample Response

The following example shows the contents of the response body in JSON format.

{
  "key" : "AUDITTRAIL",
  "value" : "DATA",
  "configured" : false
}

Script with cURL Command - Get Audit Trail Details

After at least one user has updated data in the cube by submitting an update through Smart View, you can view data auditing results using the following example:

call properties.bat
curl -X GET https://myserver.example.com:9001/essbase/rest/v1/applications/Sample_Dynamic/databases/Basic/audittrail/data -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -o audit_data.json -u %User%:%Password%

Sample Response

The following example shows the contents of the response body in audit_data.json. 

{
  "items" : [ {
    "seqNo" : 1,
    "noOfDimensions" : "5",
    "operationType" : "INPUT",
    "user" : "power1",
    "time" : "1662754461",
    "members" : "Jan,Sales,100-10,New York,Actual",
    "oldValue" : "678.0",
    "newValue" : "701.0",
    "displayText" : "(Jan,Sales,100-10,New York,Actual) Value changed from 678.0 to 701.0",
    "cellNote" : ""
  } ],
  "offset" : 0,
  "limit" : 50,
  "count" : 1,
  "totalResults" : 1,
  "hasMore" : false
}

Script with cURL Command - Fetch Count Example

Use the fetchCount parameter to return a specific number of audit records. 

call properties.bat
curl -X GET "https://myserver.example.com:9001/essbase/rest/v1/applications/Sample_Dynamic/databases/Basic/audittrail/data?fetchCount=50" -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -u %User%:%Password%

WARNING:

You can use fetchCount=-1 to return all records, but it is not recommended. The REST call could consume too much memory if there is a very large number of audit records stored in the database repository schema.
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