Auditing Data

Audit records are written for all user activity and all data changes.

The audit log is a permanent record of:

What was done, for example when a user
  • Logs on, logs off, and the number of unsuccessful log on attempts

  • Adds data

  • Updates data (the record includes the original value and the new value)

  • Deletes data

  • Views data

  • Performs a search (the record includes the search parameters)

  • Prints data

  • Merges data

  • Views an image or document file

  • Downloads an image or document file

The date and time it happened

 

The workstation used

 

The User ID of the user who did it.

This level of auditing allows data to be reconstructed and associated with all user actions in any session.

You can audit:

  • Everything

  • One entity

    Auditing capability isn't made available to all users.

    It's allocated by permissions against a specified role.

    Those users who undertake auditing are likely to have additional access rights and menu options activated.

    To audit data, you need one the Can View Audit Log permission.