Delay on audit vault activity report

Hi
I have set up the avdf for evaluation. The activity report has detect the sql but it has a delay about 3 min that is after the sql statement is submitted. I need to wait about 3 min for the report to show up. Is there a way to reduce the dealy and make it more real time?
Thanks

Hi Tammy,
Thanks for the anouncement of 10.2.3.2.
We are currently using AV with EBS 11i and wanted to know if the new version has any new features through which we can audit EBS database . I know that AV can audit any database and EBS database falls under that category.
for example, we would like to know the application user who modified a system profle in EBS .
I was reading Steven Chan's blog (http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/11/data_protection_security_ebs_openworld.html) and this mentions about setting client identifer for EBS , but that is planned.
do you know when that would be available .
Also are there any specific patches planned for integrating AV with EBS.
Thanks So much in advance

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