Enterprise Vault™ Auditing

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (12.3)

Example query search for privileged delete audit entries

The following example query searches the audit database for item delete operations between the dates that you specify:

USE EnterpriseVaultAudit
GO
SELECT * FROM EVAuditView WHERE CategoryName = 'Delete' AND 
SubCategoryName = 'Information' AND AuditDate BETWEEN 
CONVERT(datetime,'mm-dd-yyyy',110) and 
CONVERT(datetime,'mm-dd-yyyy',110)

Table: Example audit entry values returned by the SQL query shows example values of an audit entry returned by this query.

Table: Example audit entry values returned by the SQL query

EVAuditView column title

Example values (Delete)

AuditID

4

Status

SUCCESS

AuditDate

2018-02-02 17:01:56.583

UserName

example\vsa

The user who performed the delete operation. For items that are were deleted by the Discovery Accelerator Privileged Delete feature, the UserName column displays the name of the Vault Service account. For items that were deleted by a third-party application, this is the user that is assigned to the Compliance Delete Application role.

CategoryName

Delete

SubCategoryName

Information

ObjectID

201802017502363~201802011626030000~Z~A158658C6FBE60B76

The saveset ID of the item that was deleted.

Vault

600B5AA958C24411F9D0B892B91F5E4393B33DB7F88B8E551110000VS1

The archive that contained the item.

Info

<Delete ObjectType="Item" ObjectName="(null)"> 
<Property Name="EV_API_DELETION_LEVEL">
<Current Value="DELETION_LEVEL_COMPLIANCE"/> 
</Property> </Delete>

The deletion level DELETION_LEVEL_COMPLIANCE denotes that the item was deleted using Privileged Delete in Discovery Accelerator or compliance delete in a third-party application that uses the Enterprise Vault API.

MachineName

EVServer1