Enabling audit on a child attribute?

[snow_beginner]

Hi,

I have a requirement to enable audit=true on some fields on the cmdb_ci_base_rpa_robot table. The problem is that those fields are actually inherited from another table (cmdb_ci_appl) and I can't directly do audit on them because they are not the parent, but if I do it on the parent then all the child classes which inherit those fields will get that audit. 

I can't do dictionary override on it because audit override is not listed

is there a way to do this? Thanks!

[Tanushree Maiti]

Hi @snow_beginner 

Try it ,

• Go to System Definition > Dictionary and search for the parent table (i.e cmdb_ci_appl) that contains the field you wish to audit.
• Open the specific dictionary entry for that field.
• Scroll down to the Dictionary Overrides related list and click New.
• Set the Table field to cmdb_ci_base_rpa_robot.
• Under the Attributes field, add or append the string to include audit=true
• Click Update

[Naveen20]

Field-level audit is driven by a column attribute, and you can set that attribute on just the child table using the existing Override attributes option.

Steps:

1. On cmdb_ci_base_rpa_robot, create a dictionary override for the inherited field (right-click the field → Configure Dictionary, then the Dictionary Overrides related list).

2. Check Override attributes and add the audit attribute (audit=true for inclusion-list auditing) in the override's attributes field. This applies only to that field on cmdb_ci_base_rpa_robot, not its sibling classes.

3. Confirm auditing is enabled at the table level for the child table (Collection dictionary entry / audit_type) — field-level inclusion only takes effect when the table itself is audited.