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Audit Trail Overview 🔍

A centralized activity log that ensures compliance, transparency, and accountability by enabling users to monitor critical platform actions.

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Written by Davin Wu
Updated over a month ago

Audit Trail: Platform Activities Monitoring

The Audit Trail feature provides users with a detailed view of platform activity logs, serving as an essential tool for compliance and operational transparency. Audit Trail tracks actions such as document uploads, user group modifications, compliance event updates and more, providing a centralised hub to monitor and validate user activities within your organisation.

Purpose

The Audit Trail enables users to:

  1. Maintain compliance with regulatory requirements by documenting platform activities.

  2. Monitor key changes and activities within their organization.

  3. Ensure accountability by tracking user actions.


Key Features and Capabilities

  1. Comprehensive Activity Logs:

    • Tracks a wide range of platform actions, including company creation, document uploads, and compliance event updates.

  2. Advanced Filters:

    • Refine logs by organization, entity, or event type for a targeted view.

  3. Event Type:

    • Each activity is assigned a unique Event Type for easy reference.

  4. Action Insights:

    • See who performed each action, along with timestamps and associated entities.

  5. Compliance Focus:

    • Log critical compliance-related events to meet regulatory requirements.


How It Works

  1. Access the Audit Trail:

    • Navigate to the “Audit Trail” section from the platform menu.

  2. View Logs:

    • Review a chronological list of activities, including event type, user, organization, and timestamp.

  3. Apply Filters:

    • Narrow down logs using filters for organization, entity, and event type.

  4. Event Types:

    • Easily identify and reference specific activities to review.


User Benefits

  • Regulatory Compliance:

    • Maintain a transparent log of activities to meet audit and regulatory requirements.

  • Operational Oversight:

    • Track critical actions and ensure accountability across your organization.

  • Quick Investigation:

    • Pinpoint specific actions or changes with detailed logs and filtering capabilities.

  • Enhanced Security:

    • Monitor user actions to prevent unauthorised or erroneous activities.


Event Tracking Types

Event Type

Event

1

Director resigned

When identity has resigned as director

2

Director removed

When identity has been removed from entity as director

3

Director deleted

When identity has been deleted from entity as director

4

Document uploaded

When a document is uploaded

5

Document viewed

When a document is viewed

6

Document updated

When a document is modified

7

Document moved

When a document is moved

8

Document deleted

When a document is deleted

9

Document archived

When a document is archived

10

Document unarchived

When a document is unarchived

11

Entity created

When entity is created

12

Entity updated

When entity record is modified

13

Entity deleted

When entity is deleted

14

Entity event created

When compliance event is created

15

Entity event updated

When compliance event is updated

16

Entity event deleted

When compliance event is deleted

17

Folder is updated

When folder is updated

18

Folder is moved

When folder is moved

19

Folder is deleted

When folder is deleted

20

Folder is archived

When folder is archived

21

Folder is unarchived

When folder is unarchived

22

Identity created

When identity is created

23

Identity updated

When identity is updated

24

Identity deleted

When identity is deleted

25

Notification sent to user

When notification is sent to user

26

Notification read by user

When notification is read by user

27

Organisation created

When an organisation is created

28

Organisation user group created

When user creates an organisation user group

29

Organisation user group deleted

When user deletes an organisation user group

30

User invited to organisation user group

When user is invited to a user group within an organisation

31

User removed from organisation user group

When user is removed from an organisation's user group


Use Cases

  1. Compliance Monitoring:

    • Use detailed logs to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.

  2. Transparency:

    • Ensure all platform activities are documented for internal and external audits.

  3. Error Investigation:

    • Quickly identify and resolve discrepancies in user actions or system behavior.

The Audit Trail is an essential tool for organisational compliance and operational transparency. By automatically logging and tracking all platform activities, it provides users with the confidence and oversight needed to meet regulatory requirements and maintain operational integrity.

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