Analyzing Logs for Digital Signatures (SAP Library - Process Management (PP-PI-PMA))

Analyzing Logs for Digital Signatures

Use

You can use this procedure to get an overview of the course signature processes took and evaluate all activities performed in the course of the signature process.

If you only want to analyze the security-relevant events that occurred both in the context of digital signatures and during other activities in the SAP System, use the CCMS alert monitor to analyze the Security Audit Log instead (see The Alert Monitor).

Procedure

Call up the log for the digital signature as follows:

Area	Choose:
Engineering Change Management (ECH)	Reporting ® Log for Digital Signature
Process management (PP-PI)	Evaluations ® Log for Digital Signature
Batch record (PP-PI)	Goto ® Log for digital signature

Enter the criteria for log selection and choose

The overview of the logs that the system selected appears. The following data is displayed:

In the top screen area, the logs' header data, that is, the date and time, the signatory name, the number or log messages, and the reason for signature

There is exactly one log for each signature attempt.

In the bottom screen area, the messages of the logs selected, that is, the result of the signature steps and all relevant signature data

Messages are marked according to their type and logs are marked according to the most serious message type they contain:

Symbol

Message Type

Information

Warning

Error

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In addition, the following log classes are highlighted in different colors:

Log or Error Class	Text Color
Signature process canceled	Log red, message highlighted in yellow
Wrong password, name not maintained, missing SSF info	Log and message highlighted in yellow

Use the following functions to analyze the logs:

If you only want to display messages of a particular type, choose the corresponding icon in the symbol bar at the bottom of the screen.
If you only want to display messages of a particular log, double-click the log in the top screen area. By double-clicking the higher-level node, the system again displays all logs of the corresponding object type.
To display the long text for a message, choose in the corresponding line in the bottom area of the screen.