Is it possible to trace an user activity?

Hello all,
Could you help me with some doubts...
I have an issue where I need to check what an user have done while
logged on portal, what objects he created/modified, is that possible?
I know we can trace activity reports by objects on PCD or by resources on KM,
but that is not enough for what I want.
We have one scenario where we got a role, a group and users, the users are
assigned to the group which is assigned to the role, I'd like to know when an
user assign/remove another user from the group. Also, there is a portal application
running on backgrounds, so sometimes the API itself assign/removes an user from the
group, where can I find these logs to know when the API or an user made changes on the
group?
Thanks in advance,
Rafael

Hi,
unfortunatly you can't trace the historic activities done by an user. You can, however, trace what he is doing right now. This is called E2E Trace Analysis (SolMan). This has to be done live, meaning: you have to sit next to the computer with the user and follow his activities. This is mainly done to look for performance bottle necks.
To trace the historic activities, the Portal only provides the Portal Activities Reports and Activity Data Collector.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e07edaa8-70ae-2b10-2390-f068636c8b1e
About the portal application running in the background: To trace the activity, the developer has to enable logs in the application during development (using either the portal default logs like default.trc or another one). If this is not enabled in the code of the application, you can't trace the activity. If logs are activated, the Administrator of the portal can then assign a log file (for INFO, ERROR, etc) to trace the app (configured inside Visual Administrator and viewed via the Log Viewer).
br,
Tobias

Similar Messages

  • Trace travel user activity

    Hi guru's
    How do I trace a users activity in travel module. I'm particularly interested in dates for
    => creation of travel requests
    => deletion of travel requests
    regards

    Once the trip (travel request) is deleted you have no information available about it.

  • Is it possible to trace unauthorized users? (via ip address or terminal id)

    Hi friends
    I was wondering if you can help me out with our Logon Securities predicament: We have set up some generic apps ids that are only known to a handful of users. Regular but unauthorized users are trying to sign-on using these generic ids by guessing the password and end up locking them when they exceed sign-on attempts. Is it possible to trace these unauthorized users? (via ip address or terminal id?) (We are on 11.5.10)
    Thanks in advance
    Ankur

    We look at the time of the failure from the fnd_unsuccessful_logins and then correlate it with the AppsLocalLogin.jsp entries in the apache access logs. The ip address is in the access_log.
    If you have a lot of logon failures combined with a lot of logons it may be tough to find the offending users but it might help you. Most of our users connect via SSO so finding our offenders are relatively easy. Very few users logon with AppsLocalLogin in our environment.
    Edited by: mcharchu on Feb 5, 2009 9:24 PM
    Edited by: mcharchu on Feb 5, 2009 9:25 PM

  • Trace on User activity in the system

    Hi Experts,
    We have ECC6.0 installed in our organization, and now we want to find out the below points-
    1. Report on what time which users logged into the system.
    2. What are the t-codes or transaction they have executed in the system
    3. How much time they worked into the system and how much time they were idle in the system
    I want a cosolidated report from the system on the above points.
    Regards,
    Sudip

    Hi,
    you can run tcode ST03N to see some statistics on the executed reports/transactions in specific time frames of all/single users. Some information about can be requested via user information management (SUIM) as well as tcode AL08. However there is no report that covers all these things.. because this kind of observation may be a problem for workers' representatives.
    Regards, RP

  • How to  trace user activity like logs in pl/sql ?

    Hi,
    i would like to know is there an a way to trace the user activity like log can be done through any procedure ?
    If you can tell me the related tables is enough . i can proceed further ?
    Thanks
    Rangan S

    If you want to trace SQL statements, you can use SQL trace and TKPROF: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14211/sqltrace.htm#i4170
    Edited by: P. Forstmann on Jul 31, 2009 10:05 AM

  • Oracle 9i and user activity logging

    Hi,
    i am new on the matter but i have to trace the user activity and build a small application.
    those are the specifications :
    i'm using oracle 9i database version on 64 bit
    the O.S. used is Unix Aix 5.2
    for each data base we using i have to trace the user activity all of them, about 3 DB + application
    i have create some some triggers to get some information, but still the work is there :
    create trigger ... after logoff on database .. begin insert into table xx_tab ( ,,,,) end ;
    create trigger ... after ddl on database .. begin insert into table xx_tab ( ,,,,) end ;
    create trigger ... after logon on database .. begin insert into table xx_tab ( ,,,,) end ;
    create trigger ... after servererror on schema .. begin insert into table xx_tab ( ,,,,) end ;
    Here is the issue i am faced to /
    how could we simulate a create trigger ... after DML on database or schema ? as far as i know we trigger a DML only on a specific table. Is there any possibility to trigger a DML on any database object or schema?
    for the moment i don't know if it 's the good think to do but, but it's a try, if you have any idea or other methods to trace the user activities on DB, please don't hesitate to get me informed.
    Rgds,
    Paul

    This is the forum for the SQL Developer tool. You'll get more answers in the General or SQL And PL/SQL forums.
    Regards,
    K.

  • Is it Possible to get the User./developer activity report in BW system

    Hi,
      Is it possible to have a trace of the development user activity in BW. I would like to know what perticular object( info*  , ODS , Routines, Queryes, web template ETC) the user has viewed/changed or deleted?
      Is this at all possible? and is yes how?
       Thanks
    Arunava

    Hi,
    here i am giving my requirement.
    Please look in to this and let me know how to solve the problem.
    1.     Check ordertype
          a.     If ordertype = REP1 set planned cost limit field to 450
          b.     If ordertype = MUT1 set planned cost limit field to 5000
    2.     Check the planned costs for value category KostenTalis
           Check table PMCO for the order
              i.     PMCO-ACPOS = KostenTalis
             ii.     PMCO-WRTTP = 1
             iii.     PMCO-BELTP = 1
             iv.     PMCO-VORGA = KPPP
              v.     PMCO-WERT00 -> PMCO-WERT16, check if one of the fields  WRT00 till WRT16 is filled with a value
         a.     No, exit
         b.     Yes, go to 3
    3.     Are the total costs for Talis > planned cost limit field euro?
         a.     No, do nothing and end this user-exit
         b.     Yes, show the pop-up and place the total planned costs in the variable <costs>
    and already i had given tr and user exit.i think its sufficient to solve the issue.
    still u have any more doubts kindly let me know.
    -Prasanth.M

  • Want trace user activity sap user id wise

    dear all,
        please help me. how I trace a user'a activity in sap user id wise.for a given period, he use which tcodes & reports.
    Regards
    Abrar ahmed

    Hi
    You can perform the audit option for this user activty, but make sure that the enough space is available for the log generation.
    Configure in SM19 the users required and check in SM20 the log.
    OR
    You can trace the user in ST01 and analyze the log.
    Regards
    Bhaskar
    Edited by: bhaskar1818 on Jul 11, 2008 2:17 PM

  • Trace User Activity in SPM

    HI,
    We are tracing user activity in SPM like user logon/logoff time,  which reports a user is accessing in the Portal etc. Please let us know what all details about user activity can be captured in SPM and what is the procedure to do so?
    Regards
    Neel

    Hi Neel
    SPM is an analytical app built on top of the NW platform. It doesnot have any platform (like tracking user logons) itself. How do you track the usage for non SPM products. Have you tried using those same mechanisms?
    Regards
    Rajesh

  • When I open BEx, error message appears: "....trace level 8 activated.."

    Hi,
    when i open bex, then it appears:
    "SAPGUI 640
    Enviroment information:
    Directory: 'C:\Documents and Setting\ ...\SapWorkDir
    trace level 8 activated
    logging activated
    For maximum data security delete the settings as soon as possible."
    But I dont know, which setting it is meaning.
    Thanks zd.

    Jan,
    The "*." should NOT be in the registry.
    We are still experiencing the problem and have a customer message into SAP.  The problem only occurs logging on through SAP Portal.  It occurs on Sun J2SE version 1.5 and 1.4.2 consistently.  It occurs using the Microsoft VM occaisionaly.  Deleting cookies, temporary internet files and clearing the history in IE seems to solve the problem for users using the Microsoft JVM.
    We are on XP SP2 with all the latest MS security patches.  Since we use Portals as the main logon process, we have the registry key set to prevent saplogon from launching when the user logs on.
    Hope that helps,
    John

  • Tracking user activity (including objects/records/data viewed)

    Hello everybody,
    I am looking for information regarding monitoring of user activities on the system.
    I know the main instrument to achieve that is the security audit log (sm19/sm20) but that does not monitor the data user accesses to. I.E., they log the user launches transaction su01 (view/modify user data), for example, but not which user data he looks at.
    Insufficient to get that are also STAD/STAT transactions too, maybe user trace st01 or st05 give that data?
    Even in that case however a user trace would be very heavy on the performances and on the occupied disk space I think, so I am wondering, and asking all the experts, is if there are standard transactions to achieve the same, or maybe even external 3rd party programs.
    Thank you
    Marco Baiocco

    > Unfortunately that is not yet really clear even to me.
    I see...
    > I have been passed a generic request to investigate upon tracking mechanisms: the customer wants to be able to know which user have made logon and on which data they have worked (in read only and in modification).
    > I guess this could imply sensitive data but possibly also business data.
    The question to be answered also is: Is it legal in the country to track all the user activity?
    > If there is a solution for sensitive data, at least (btw su01 was just an example)?
    I'm not really aware of any but Security Audit.
    I would ask the customer what exactly he wants and what he plans to do with the data. There are SAP products (GRC) to help auditing and securing the system but first there must be a clean requirement to find out, which way to go.
    Markus

  • Trace Level X activated after SAPGUI patch upgrade

    Greetings,
    After upgrading SAPGUI 6.40 from patch level 7 to patch level 14, many of our users are getting a dialog box appearing after the Portal auto launches the SAPGUI:
    SAPGUI 640 (header)
    Environment information:  working directory:'.'
    Trace level 3 activated
    Logging activated
    For maximum data security, delete the setting(s) as soon as possible!
    We've tried the following fixes to no avail: emptying the temp files in working directory, reinstalling the update, checking the GUI options to make sure that the SAPGUI trace level is not turned on.
    Any suggestions are greatly appreicated.
    Regards,
    Dan Kuhlmann
    [email protected]

    Hi John,
    Thank you very much for 'patching' my trouble.
    I have another trouble with SAP shortcut - "Working Dir".
    SAP GUI do not use this setting for tracing from shortcut.
    Probably, you could 'patch' this trouble also?
    P.S. I'd like to award you with points but do not know how.
    -- Sam

  • How to trace an user access

    Even if I've got no DBA permission (for example I don't see the v$session table), have I got any way to trace the users accessing the DB? How can I do? I was told about trace but can someone tell me more? I'd like to know the user accessing the DB and the operation that he's launching. Is it possible?
    Thanks!

    Anything is possible if you have the correct privileges. But then you probably don't have those privileges, and probably for a reason, as you probably also don't have the DBA role for a reason.
    If you are to enable trace in a different session, you would need execute access on an Oracle provided package, which differs by version, and of course you assume Oracle never changes, and there is only one version out there: yours.
    For a DBA it would be the easiest to grant you the select_catalog_role and the execute_catalog_role.
    But then again one would ask why you think you should spy on him, and why you don't cooperate with him and/or try to convince him.
    Sybrand Bakker
    Senior Oracle DBA

  • Is it possible to show a 'My Activity' web part on a SharePoint site if 'My Sites' is not available?

    Is it possible to show a 'My Activity' web part on a SharePoint site if 'My Sites' is not available?
    For example, say there's a SharePoint installation dedicated to particular (custom) SharePoint site. The users go to the site to carry out their tasks. There's no 'My Site' set up in this installation (and for other reasons I'm told it's not an option).
    Is it possible to show a web part here that shows the user's recent activity? The built-in web part for this fails with the error 'Invalid URI: The URI is empty', and the details of it appear to say it's looking for the user's My Site to find out what to show:
    SPMicrofeedContext.SetMySiteHostForContext failed System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The URI is empty.     at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.SPMicrofeedContext.SetMySiteHostForContext()
    So, while I'd be happy to write a web part (or app part) to display the information instead of using the default part, I'm not sure SharePoint is even storing the activity in a way I can access.
    Some pages like the following: http://sharepointmystery.com/2012/07/22/activity-feeds-in-sharepoint-2013/ make me think it won't be possible - it says: 'The major change from 2010 is that all the [activity] content is stored in the user’s personal site, not
    in a common database.'
    Are activity feeds dependent on 'My Sites' or is there a way to access the information when 'My Sites' is not present in the deployment? I can't find a definitive answer in Microsoft's documentation.

    To clarify, do you have the User Profile Service (including MySite Host) up and running on this environment? That's subtley different to the full MySite experience which is clearly not applicable...
    Interesting question - thanks for that. Until now I didn't realise there was a difference.
    The User Profile Service is up and running, but no MySite Host is set. (I don't believe MySite will be available anywhere here. I guess that means there's no valid MySite Host for me to use.)
    Many thanks,
        Geoff

  • Is it possible to restrict the user from creating a sibling and allow him to ONLY create child nodes in DRM?

    When in a hierarchy, a user right clicks on a node to crate a new node, he has two options
    -Child
    -Sibling
    Is it possible to restrict the user from creating a sibling and allow him to ONLY create child nodes?
    Business cases:
    1. different level nodes need to have different prefixes.
    - Thus, the default prefix property definition uses the level number to assign a prefix
    - Also, a validation, to ensure the correct prefix, uses the level number
    But if the user can create a child and a sibling then the default prefix will only be right for a single case and not both.
    Thanks

    If the images are exactly the same size then make sure the layer with the mask
    is the active layer and in the other documents go to Select>Load Selection and choose
    your document with the layer mask under Source document and under channel choose the layer mask.
    After the selection loads press the layer mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel.
    MTSTUNER

Maybe you are looking for