Action journal
The Action journal is an audit log: it records users' actions on system entities (creation, change, deletion and so on) and lets you trace who changed what and when. It is available to users with user-management rights.
File: /img/admin/journal-list.png (demo company, no personal data)
Content: the journal table with the filter bar at the top and page navigation at the bottom.
Filters
The filter bar above the table lets you narrow the selection:
- Companies — one or several companies;
- Users — one or several users;
- Action type — one or several action types;
- Entity type — which entity the action was performed on;
- Search — by entity name;
- Period — a date range.
The "Apply" button refreshes the table for the given conditions.
Table
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date | The date and time of the action |
| Company | The company the action relates to |
| User | The user who performed the action |
| Action type | The operation type (creation, change, deletion and so on) |
| Entity | The affected entity |
| Description | A short description; when changes exist — the "Changes" button |
The Date, Company, User, Action type and Entity headers are sortable: clicking a header changes the sort order.
Change details
The "Changes" button in a row opens a dialog with the operation details: a description and a table of changed fields in the Field / Old value / New value format. If there are no field changes, the message "No changes" is shown.
Navigation and export
Below the table there is page navigation with a choice of rows per page (from 5 to 1,000,000), export to Excel and the total number of records ("Total").
See also: Control panel overview.