BlueCielo Meridian FDA Module 2017 Configuration Guide

Installing the audit log viewer

The FDA Module audit log is enabled by creating the audit log database as described in Creating an audit log database. The database contains information about the actions listed in Audited actions. The audit log viewer allows users to view the audit log data read-only. The viewer can be configured as described in Configuring the audit log viewer.

The audit log viewer is a web application that is installed with the Meridian Enterprise Web Access components but the installation must be completed manually on the web server that will run the application. We recommend installing it on the Web Access web server.

Before you begin

The audit log viewer web application requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 on the web server where the application is hosted. The BlueCielo Publisher extension component must have been selected when Meridian Enterprise was installed on the computer

To install the audit log viewer:

1. On the web server, in Internet Information Services Manager, in the default website, locate the web application WebExtensibilityDBViewer.
2. Disable all authentication types except Windows Authentication.
3. Set user permissions to the viewer to meet your organization's requirements.

To test the audit log viewer:

1. Perform one or more of the actions listed in Audited actions.
2. View the audit log as described in BlueCielo Meridian FDA Module User's Guide.

Tip    By default, the audit log viewer can only be opened from within Meridian Enterprise as described in BlueCielo Meridian FDA Module User's Guide. The database connection string, user name, and user privileges are passed in the URL to the web application as encrypted data. To open the audit log viewer outside of Meridian Enterprise, type a connection string (without the Provider keyword) in the connectionString attribute of the AuditDBConnectionString setting in the appSettings section of the web.config file of the web application.