What is the audit log and how can I use it?

What is the Audit Log?

The Audit Log is a record of every single action taken within the site.

The Audit Log allows you to see:

• The date and time of every action.

• The name of the user who has done the action.

• The type of action. 

• The user's IP address. 

• A description of the action.

You can access the audit log by clicking on your avatar icon:

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What is the purpose of the Audit Log?

• The Audit Log exists for added security.

• Since the Audit Log tracks every single action within the site, you can check who has done what if anything goes awry.

• For example, if you find that some crucial content has been deleted, you will be able to see exactly who has done this and when.

How do I use the audit log?

In the top navigation bar click on your avatar icon>Audit log>You will then be redirected to the screen below.

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You can add filters to narrow your search if you are looking for a particular action.

What do the filters mean?

User/Actor - You can select a user to check their actions on the system

Type - This is the type of information that has been effected

Event - You can select what action was taken

Object name - What was changed/edited or updated

IP Address - The IP address at the time of the action

System - Shows system events

Timespan - When the event happened

For example: You can use the Audit Log to search for an array of items. For example, If you want to see what user deleted an item, you can apply the following filters: ‘Action>Deleted’ and ‘Object’s name>[name of item]’. The Audit Log will immediately produce a result.

 Another example is if you’d like to see the activity of a user. You can do this by applying the filters ‘Date From>To’ and ‘User>[name of user]’, we can see all of the activities of the user during that time span.