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Indicates whether SQL Compliance Manager has encountered any issues while auditing your SQL Server environment.
Clicking the status link opens the more detailed Registered SQL Servers tab under Administration. Use this tab to see view the status of audited databases on this instance, validate audit settings, and check the SQLcompliance Agent status.
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| OK | SQL Compliance Manager is performing as expected. |
| Warning |
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Displays the number of instances currently being audited. This number does not include instances where auditing is not yet configured or is disabled.
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Displays the number of databases currently being audited. These databases are hosted by SQL Server instances that are registered with SQL CM. This number does not include databases where auditing is not yet configured or is disabled.
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Displays the number of audit events stored in the Repository event databases for the selected time span. This number does not include events that were previously archived or groomed events.
Understanding the Enterprise Activity Report Card status
Each tab of the Enterprise Activity Report Card provides an auditing status for the corresponding event category. You can use Use this status to help you determine whether you are effectively auditing events in your environment.
You can also use auditing thresholds to display critical issues or warnings should a particular activity, such as privileged user events, be higher than expected. These thresholds can notify you about issues related to increased activity levels, such as a security breach, that may be occurring on this instance. Use thresholds to supplement the alert rules you have configured for your environment.
| Status Type | Indication | Meaning |
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| Audited without thresholds | gray check | This event category is being audited on instances in your environment, but auditing thresholds are not set for this event category. Consider setting audit thresholds so you can track peaks in activity and identify any suspicious events. |
| Critical | red icon | The event activity during the selected time span is higher than the defined critical threshold. To see more information about this activity, navigate to the Audit Events tab and search for events in the flagged event category that is flagged. You can view the detailed properties of an event by double-clicking the listed event. |
| OK | green check | This event category is being audited on instances in your environment and auditing thresholds are set for this event category. |
| Not audited | red icon | This event category is not being audited on instances in your environment even though auditing thresholds are set for this event category. To track this activity, change your audit settings to include the corresponding event category. To ignore this activity, disable the auditing threshold set for this event category. |
| Not audited and no thresholds set | gray circle | This event category is not being audited on any instances in your environment. Auditing thresholds are not set for this event category. Review whether you need to audit and track this activity on any of your SQL Server instance. |
| Warning | yellow icon | The event activity during the selected time span is higher than the defined warning threshold. To see more information about this activity, navigate to the Audit Events tab and search for events in the event category that is flagged. You can view the detailed properties of an event by double-clicking the listed event. |
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For more information about specific alerts, see the Alerts tab. You can view which alerts have been are generated from multiple instances across your environment or from a particular instance.
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Opens the Change Log tab under Administration, allowing you to monitor what types of changes have been are made to audit settings across your environment.
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