Audit User Actions › View the Audit Trail for an Open Automation Object

View the Audit Trail for an Open Automation Object

Administrators can view the audit trail for an open automation object. The product logs the following actions for automation objects:

• Create
• Delete
• Check in and check out
• Rename
• Export and import
• Change automation object permissions, including links to the old and new ACLs
• Retrieve an automation object from the Recycle Bin
• Change the designated current version
• Create or update the release version
• Add a release version property
• Update an automation object (for example, a schedule) without checking it out
• Make a custom Operator object available or unavailable
• Activate or deactivate a schedule

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Library tab and select an Orchestrator from the Orchestrator drop-down list.
2. Navigate to the folder that contains the automation object instance to audit.
3. In the Contents pane, right-click the target automation object instance, and then select Properties.
4. In the Properties pane, click the Audit Trail tab.

   The Audit Trail tab displays the following information for all records:

   • Last Updated
   • User Name
   • Action Type

   Note: The Version column is also available, but is not displayed by default. For more information, see Step 5.

5. (Optional) To sort the audit trails by a specific column, select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending from the target column drop-down list.

   For example, to audit a specific user, select a sort option from the User Name column drop-down list, and then scroll to the appropriate record.

6. (Optional) Define which columns the product displays:
   1. Select Columns from a column drop-down list.
   2. Clear (hide) or select (show) the column check boxes as appropriate.

   For example, to display the Version column, select the Version check box from the Columns menu.

7. Examine the records in the audit trail.