Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 382)

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FactoryTalk View assigns the Operator audience for all messages that it generates, except
for messages with the Audit severity. Audit messages, including tag write confirmations,
are assigned the Developer or Engineer audience.
The Secure audience is reserved for auditing tools, such as those required for US
Government 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, to track system activity.
How tag writes are categorized
The severities assigned to tag writes that succeed Audit and Information. Severities
assigned to tag writes that fail are Audit, Information, and Error.
The audiences assigned to tag writes that succeed or fail are Developer and Secure.
Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics in FactoryTalk View
Use the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup tool to set up message routing, logging to a central
database, and the local log, on each computer where system activity is to be logged.
To open the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup tool
 In FactoryTalk View Studio or in the FactoryTalk View SE Administration Console,
from the Tools menu, select Diagnostics Setup.
For details about options in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup tool, click Help.
You must run the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup tool separately, on each computer where
system activity is to be logged. FactoryTalk Diagnostics settings apply to all the FactoryTalk
products installed on a single computer.
Click here to
view destinations.
Specify the local
log’s maximum
size, where to store
the log, and when
to overwrite entries.
Set up logging to
a central database.
Specify which
destinations will
receive which
messages.