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[MM-A01] Object Activity Summary

Counts audited actions per object and month, for the number of days you choose.

Report document

Web Intelligence document [MM-A01] Audit - Object Activity Summary from the MetaMiner standard report pack. It reads the MetaMiner Database (MMDB) through the MetaMiner Standard universe. See Reports and Data.

What it answers

  • Which documents, universes and other objects are used, and how often, month by month.
  • Which actions people take on each object: views, refreshes, saves, schedules and more.
  • Whether activity is interactive or scheduled, and which application triggered it.
  • Which objects still exist in the CMS and which are obsolete.

Who uses it: BI platform administrators and BI CoE leads reviewing content use, cleanup candidates and audit questions.

Report tabs

Tab Shows
Object Activity (Last X Days) One row per audited object, with monthly action counts.
Object Activity (Last X Days) VTab Alternative layout of the same data.

Image of MM-A01 refreshed for one environment, Object Activity (Last X Days) tab

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Legacy image for reference: images/mmsr_layout_MM-A01.png

Columns and measures

Group Columns
Object Audit Object, Audit Object Type, Audit Object CUID, Audit Object Application Type, Audit Object Current/Obsolete?, Audit Object is a Current Document?
Location Environment, Audit CMSID, Folder Type, Folder Name, Folder Path Complete, Document, Document is Deleted?, UNI (universe used)
Who and when Audit User, Action Month (YYYY MM), Audit Session Interactive/Scheduled?
Measures Nbr Events, Views, Refreshes, Prompts, Creates, Deletes, Modifies, Saves, Searches, Edits, Runs, Deliveries, Retrieves, Page Retrieves, Event Triggers

Prompts

Prompt Required Answer What it does
Environments No Pick one or more Environments to include, listed by CMSID with their description. Leave empty for all. The prompts below list only values from the environments you pick.
FolderTypes No Pick one or more Folder types to include.
FolderPath Yes Pick one Folder path pattern, matched with LIKE. Enter % for all folders.
Folders No Pick one or more Folders to include. The list depends on the prompts above.
Users No Pick one or more BusinessObjects users to include.
Universes No Pick one or more Universes to include.
Action Age (Days) Yes Type a value How many days back from today to report. For example 90 keeps the last 90 days of events.
Is an Instance? No Pick one Yes keeps only instances, No only objects that are not instances. Leave empty for both.
EventTypes No Pick one or more Audit event types to include.
Excluded Audit Users No Pick one or more Audit users to leave out, for example service accounts.
Include MetaMinerAdmin Ids Yes Pick one No leaves out audit events caused by the MetaMiner account itself.

Image of the MM-A01 Prompts dialog with Environments answered

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Legacy image for reference: images/mmsr_prompt_MM-A01.png

Input controls

Display controls change how the report shows its data:

Input control What it does
Prompt Selection Shows or hides the block under the header that lists your prompt answers. Spaced (default) shows it with a space between list items, Show shows it without spacing, Hide hides it.
Prompt Selection & Notes Shows or hides the block under the header that lists your prompt answers and notes. Spaced (default), Show or Hide.
Environment / CMSID Shows environments in the report body by display name or by CMSID. Filters and prompts always list CMSIDs.
Folder / Complete Shows the folder name or the complete folder path.
Number Format Switches large numbers to a short format, for example K for 1,000s.
View/Refresh/etc* Picks the action the activity measures count: View, Refresh, Prompt, Create, Delete, Modify, Save, Search, Edit, Run, Deliver or Retrieve.

Filter controls keep only the rows that match the values you pick: Content is Current/Obsolete?, Object is a Current Document?, Interactive/Scheduled?, Environment, Folder, Object Type, Document, Universe, Application, User.

Image of the MM-A01 Input Controls panel

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Legacy image for reference: images/mmsr_ICs_A01.png

Link Opens
Object name Opens the object in BI launch pad.
Event Detail Drill Opens [MM-A03] Event Details for that object, environment and folder.

A drill link opens the target report through BI launch pad OpenDocument and passes the environment and the selected item as prompt answers.

Run the report

  1. In BI launch pad, open [MM-A01] Audit - Object Activity Summary from the folder where you imported the standard report pack.
  2. Refresh the document and answer the prompts. Keep FolderPath at % to include all folders.
  3. Use the input controls to change the display or narrow the results.

Data it needs: Audit data: the environment's audit database must be configured and audit collection turned on. See Audit and CMS Databases and Audit settings.