How to Achieve Real-Time Auditing in SAP BW/4HANA

How to Achieve Real-Time Auditing in SAP BW/4HANA

How to Achieve Real-Time Auditing in SAP BW/4HANA

SAP BW/4HANA is a next-generation data warehouse solution that enables fast and flexible analytics on large volumes of data from various sources. However, SAP BW/4HANA also requires proper auditing to ensure its security, compliance, and quality. Therefore, it is essential to achieve real-time auditing in SAP BW/4HANA.

Real-time auditing is a process of reviewing and verifying the activities and events that occur in your SAP BW/4HANA system or database as they happen. Real-time auditing helps you track who did what, when, where, and why in your system. Real-time auditing also helps you detect and prevent unauthorized access, misuse, or fraud in your system.

Real-time auditing is useful for scenarios where you need to comply with internal or external regulations, policies, or standards that require you to document and report the actions and changes in your system as soon as possible. For example, you may need to achieve real-time auditing in SAP BW/4HANA to comply with GDPR or SOX regulations, which require you to protect personal or financial data from unauthorized access or disclosure.

In this blog post, we will explain how to achieve real-time auditing in SAP BW/4HANA with examples.

How to Achieve Real-Time Auditing in SAP BW/4HANA?

SAP BW/4HANA offers various options to achieve real-time auditing depending on the use case and requirement.

  • SAP HANA Auditing: This option allows you to audit the activities and events that occur in your SAP HANA database as they happen. You can create an audit policy that defines which events you want to audit, such as logon/logoff, SQL statements, security changes, or errors. You can also assign an audit trail that defines where you want to store the audit logs, such as a table or a file. SAP HANA Auditing helps you track who accessed or modified your data or database objects.For example, you can create an audit policy named AUDIT_REALTIME that audits the logon events of all users in your SAP HANA database as they happen using the following SQL statement:CREATE AUDIT POLICY AUDIT_REALTIME AUDIT LOGON REALTIME; CopyYou can also assign an audit trail named AUDIT_REALTIME_TRAIL that stores the audit logs in a table named AUDIT_REALTIME_TABLE using the following SQL statement: CREATE AUDIT TRAIL AUDIT_REALTIME_TRAIL TABLE AUDIT_REALTIME_TABLE;
  • Real-Time Operational Reporting: This option allows you to audit the business processes and transactions that occur in your SAP S/⁠4HANA applications as they happen. You can use real-time operational reporting tools such as CDS views, Open ODS views, Composite providers, or Queries to access and analyze the data from your SAP S/⁠4HANA applications directly without any data replication or latency. Real-Time Operational Reporting helps you ensure compliance with internal or external regulations, policies, or standards.For example, you can create a CDS view named CDS_SALES_DATA that accesses and analyzes the sales data from your SAP S/⁠4HANA application using the following SQL statement :DEFINE VIEW CDS_SALES_DATA AS SELECT FROM ACDOCA { ACDOCA.DOC_TYPE, ACDOCA.GL_ACCOUNT, ACDOCA.AMOUNT, ACDOCA.TIMESTAMP } WHERE ACDOCA.LEDGER = '0L'; You can also create an Open ODS view named ODS_SALES_DATA that accesses and analyzes the sales data from your CDS view using the following steps:
    • Go to transaction RSA1
    • Select the button Create Open ODS View
    • Enter the name ODS_SALES_DATA
    • Enter the description Sales Data from CDS View
    • Select the source type Virtual Table
    • Enter the source name CDS_SALES_DATA
    • Save and activate the Open ODS view

Conclusion

Real-time auditing is an important process that helps you manage your SAP BW/4HANA system. Depending on the use case and requirement, you can choose from different options to achieve real-time auditing at different levels of detail, scope, or frequency. By achieving real-time auditing in SAP BW/4HANA, you can enhance the security, compliance, and quality of your system.

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