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Accessing the auditing log

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Accessing the auditing log

  1. Click Logs > Audit Logs.
  2. Click a row to view the entire list of changes in Change Details window below.

Add/Modify Filter

  1. Hover cursor over the column header. A filter icon will display.
  2. Click the filter icon. A window appears with the applicable parameters. See Settings Table below for possible parameters.
  3. Select the desired filter operation (range, exact match, etc).
  4. Select all criteria desired to search. For filters that include a search field, either manually enter or click the desired values to search.

    Note: Multiple Values can be OR’d together. If manually entering, use either “,” or “|” between values. Otherwise, click all desired values in the below window.

  5. Click Apply.

Delete Filter

  1. Click filter icon in column header
  2. Click Remove.
Settings

Field

Definition

Add Filter

Allows you to select a field from the current view to filter information. Select the field from the drop-down list, and then enter the information you wish to filter. See Filters on page 1.

Update

Displays the filtered data in the table.

Admin auditing

Date

The date and time when the change was made.

Filter Operations: "=", Range, "<=", ">=", NOT

User ID

The user ID of the user who made the change.

The user ID appears as "CLI Tool" when changes are made using CLI tools.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Action

Shows whether the change involved adding, modifying, or deleting information.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Type

The type of item that was changed.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Name

The name of the item that was changed. Click the name to view a dialog containing all changes that have been made to the area.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Summary

The first four lines of what was changed on the specified date.

Filter Operations: None

Change Details

Displays all details of the change made to the item on the specified date. This information appears when you click a row representing a change in the Admin Auditing table.

Buttons

Export

Exports the data displayed to a file in the default downloads location. File types include CSV, Excel, PDF, or RTF. See Export Data.

Accessing the auditing log

  1. Click Logs > Audit Logs.
  2. Click a row to view the entire list of changes in Change Details window below.

Add/Modify Filter

  1. Hover cursor over the column header. A filter icon will display.
  2. Click the filter icon. A window appears with the applicable parameters. See Settings Table below for possible parameters.
  3. Select the desired filter operation (range, exact match, etc).
  4. Select all criteria desired to search. For filters that include a search field, either manually enter or click the desired values to search.

    Note: Multiple Values can be OR’d together. If manually entering, use either “,” or “|” between values. Otherwise, click all desired values in the below window.

  5. Click Apply.

Delete Filter

  1. Click filter icon in column header
  2. Click Remove.
Settings

Field

Definition

Add Filter

Allows you to select a field from the current view to filter information. Select the field from the drop-down list, and then enter the information you wish to filter. See Filters on page 1.

Update

Displays the filtered data in the table.

Admin auditing

Date

The date and time when the change was made.

Filter Operations: "=", Range, "<=", ">=", NOT

User ID

The user ID of the user who made the change.

The user ID appears as "CLI Tool" when changes are made using CLI tools.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Action

Shows whether the change involved adding, modifying, or deleting information.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Type

The type of item that was changed.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Name

The name of the item that was changed. Click the name to view a dialog containing all changes that have been made to the area.

Filter Operations: Contains, Exact Match, NOT

Summary

The first four lines of what was changed on the specified date.

Filter Operations: None

Change Details

Displays all details of the change made to the item on the specified date. This information appears when you click a row representing a change in the Admin Auditing table.

Buttons

Export

Exports the data displayed to a file in the default downloads location. File types include CSV, Excel, PDF, or RTF. See Export Data.