MySQL Enterprise Audit need not disable it explicitly before enabling it again to perform another flush.) For more information, see Section 6.4.5.5, “Configuring Audit Logging Characteristics” . • audit_log_format Command-Line Format --audit-log-format=value System Variable audit_log_format Scope Global Dynamic No SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type Enumeration Default Value NEW Valid Values OLD NEW JSON Command-Line Format --audit-log-include-accounts=value System Variable audit_log_include_accounts Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type String Default Value NULL Command-Line Format --audit-log-max-size=# • audit_log_max_size This variable applies only to legacy mode audit log filtering (see Section 6.4.5.9, “Legacy Mode Audit Log Filtering” ). The accounts for which events should be logged. The value should be  NULL  or a string containing a list of one or more comma-separated account names. For more information, see Section 6.4.5.7, “Audit Log Filtering” . Modifications to  audit_log_include_accounts  affect only connections created subsequent to the modification, not existing connections. The audit log file format. Permitted values are  OLD  (old-style XML),  NEW  (new-style XML; the default), and  JSON . For details about each format, see Section 6.4.5.4, “Audit Log File Formats” . For information about issues to consider when changing the log format, see Selecting Audit Log File Format. • audit_log_include_accounts Note Note 1534