Deleting Logs

To remove obsolete entries from audit logs, you must delete them.

1. Start Audit Information System Workplace (transaction SAIS).
2. Choose Administration.
3. Choose Reorganize Audit Logs.
4. Limit the selection of log entries by audit structure, check number, and date of entry.

   You can delete logs entered before a given date.

   Note

   For reasons of document security, you cannot remove logs selectively based on any other criteria.

5. Determine if you want to preserve the last log entry for each check.

   By default, the audit information system preserves the last log result for each check step (application) for a given audit structure and check number.

   To delete even the final result of a check step, clear the Receive Last Log Entry for Each Application checkbox.

6. Determine if you want to perform a test run or not.

   By default, the audit information system return the number of log entries that would be deleted by your current selection. No entries are actually deleted.

   Recommendation We recommend that you perform a test run before you run an actual deletion. Check whether the number of log entries returned matches your expectation of how many log entries you want to delete.

   To actually delete log entries, clear the Test Run checkbox.

7. Choose (Execute).

   The program returns the number of log entries affected by the operation.

   Note

   For reasons of data protection, this function only returns the number of entries, but no actual contents.