Audit Logs

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An audit log can be generated to report on the changes made to an item in the Repository over a specified period of time.

Only a user with the Administrator role can generate audit logs.
To generate an audit log for an item from the Repository
  1. Navigate to any folder in the Repository (click on the Folder Repository button from the left-hand sidebar then navigate to a folder)

  2. Right-click on the item to bring up the context menu

  3. Click Audit

  4. In the popup dialog, use the Since date field to select the start date from which you wish to see the audit data

  5. Click on the Download Audit button to download a CSV file. See Audit Log File Format for more details

To generate an audit log for the current folder
  1. Navigate to any folder in the Repository (click on the Folder Repository button from the left-hand sidebar then navigate to a folder)

  2. Click on the Down Arrow button next to the current folder's breadcrumb

  3. Click Audit

  4. In the popup dialog, use the Since date field to select the start date from which you wish to see the audit data

  5. Click on the Download Audit button to download a CSV file. See Audit Log File Format for more details

Audit Log File Format

The audit log is provided in the CSV (comma separated value) file format, and is compatible with all popular spreadsheet applications.

By default, entries are sorted by "Object ID" in ascending order. Each entry in the log file has the following columns:

  • Object Id: numeric ID for the object that was affected
  • Transaction ID: numeric ID for the transaction
  • Transaction Time (UTC): provides the time of the event in Coordinated Universal Time
  • Remote Address: address of the remote host which cause the event, if applicable
  • User ID: numeric ID of the user which caused the event, if applicable
  • User Name: name of the user which caused the event, if applicable
  • Parent Name: name of the object's parent
  • Object Name: name of the object that was affected
  • Object Type: type of the object that was affected
  • Property: name of the property of the object that was changed
  • Value: new value of the property that was changed
  • Operation: type of operation performed on the object

Object Types

  • attachment
  • folder
  • image
  • image_overlay
  • report

Operation Types

  • Insert: the object was added
  • Update: the object was changed
  • Delete: the object was removed