Write to Logon Log - Session Variable Existence

Sorry, maybe I didn't give enough detail.

 

 

I'll start by saying, I am a little worried about tuning on "Save user's session variables to logon reports" in production. Do others do this in standard "everyday" operation?

 

 

I have the Extended Windows and IE checker enabled and "Save user's session variables to logon reports" turned on on my dev box. So, I am seeing entries like this in the logon log...

 

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Session Variable %session.win_info.hotfixes.hf_kb893066%= ' '

 

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If I create a Write to Logon Log check

 

 

REAL HF: %session.win_info.hotfixes.hf_kb893066%,

 

BOGUS HF: %session.win_info.hotfixes.hf_kbxxxxxx%,

 

 

The logon log reports the following (with no way to distinguish that the "Bogus HF" variable doesn't exsist):

 

 

Real HF: ,

 

BOGUS HF: ,

 

 

I wish that the Extedned Windows and IE checker returned an actual value along with the the session variable. Then I could distinguish between a patch being present as "1" or being missing as "null".

 

 

Session Variable %session.win_info.hotfixes.hf_kb893066%= ' 1'

 

 

Beyond that, there is not much documentation for the logger, so I was hoping that somebody might have found a way to look for the mere presence of the session variable, regardless of the value returned. Something like....

 

 

EXIST(%session.win_info.hotfixes.hf_kb893066%)