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View an Audit History of Object Changes

CA APM lets you view an audit history for an object record to see a list of all of the changes that have been made to the record. The audit history maintains and shows you the historical information so that you are aware of all of the changes that have been made to the object.

Example: Review the Audit History to Change the Cost Center

In this example, a line manager discovers that the incorrect department is being charged for a laptop. The line manager investigates the situation and determines that the laptop is assigned to the incorrect cost center. To understand how this error occurred, the line manager configures and filters the audit history search criteria and results for the laptop to include the cost center. The line manager reviews the audit history for a specific time period to determine when the cost center value changed and who changed the value. The line manager contacts the asset manager to have the cost center changed to the correct value.

To view an audit history of object changes

  1. Click the tab and optional subtab for the object for which you want to view an audit history.
  2. Search to find the list of available objects.
  3. Click the object in the search results for which you want to view an audit history.
  4. Click View Audit History.

    Note: To view the audit history for a relationship, select the relationship (for example, Image Partitions), click the Edit Record icon, and click View Audit History.

    All changes made to the object record appear.

  5. (Optional) Complete any of the following steps in the Search Criteria area of the page to filter the audit history search results:
    1. Select a specific field in the Target Field drop-down list and click Go.

      The Search Results are limited to the field that you select. In addition, the standard auditing fields appear to identify the user who changed the field, to identify the type of change (insert, update, and so forth), and to identify the date on which the change is made.

    2. Select the Highlight Changes check box and click Go.

      The Search Results highlight changes in adjacent rows. You can use this check box, in combination with a specific field in the Target Field drop-down list, to identify field-level changes that you may need to correct.

  6. Export the audit history to a CSV file or click the hyperlink to return to the object details.

More information:

Object Searching

How to Configure Searches

Search Results Export