CONFIGURABLE ALERTS FRAMEWORK

A PeopleSoft Auditing Tool for System

Administrators and Business Users Alike

Leandro Baca

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CONFIGURABLE ALERTS FRAMEWORK

• Allows for the definition, scheduling, and execution of user-defined alerts

• Delivers a color-coded report by e-mail with any raised alerts

• BI Publisher report template can be easily adapted to client’s look and feel

• Multilingual capabilities produce the report in the user’s desired language

• Security-driven design ensures users will only be alerted when so merited

• Optionally produces an XML file for integration purposes

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USE CASES

• Prevent data breaches by auditing user security

• Ensure proper configuration of payroll setup

• Harden PeopleSoft data model integrity checks

• Alert about Integration Broker and Process

Scheduler issues

• Extend standard delivered audits (SYSAUDIT,

DDDAUDIT, SWPAUDIT)

• Audit development QA

• Monitor RDBMS configuration

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ALERT DEFINITION: METADATA

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ALERT DEFINITION: QUERY AND OUTPUT

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ALERT TEST

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ALERT TEST: SQL TEXT VALIDATION

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ALERT GROUP: SECURITY

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REPORT RUN CONTROL

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STANDARD SCHEDULING OPTIONS

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RESULTS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL

• Configurable e-mail subject and body text

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PDF REPORT

• Color-coded by

importance

• Sorted according to

user-defined sequence

• At-a-glance

quantification of alerts

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EXTRACT OF PDF REPORT

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XML OUTPUT FOR FURTHER INTEGRATION

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FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS

• Choose between multiple report templates at

runtime

• Define automatic remediation actions for alerts

• Integrate natively with Nagios monitoring

solution through NSCA

• Specify WITH clauses before SQL statement for

simpler definition

• Optional columnar output for stricter report

formatting