Auditing Tasks

You can use the Task Audit feature to view the tasks performed by users. You can filter audited tasks by date range, application server, user, and task performed.

Note:

Only users assigned the Administrator role can perform a task audit.

These user activities are logged in the task audit:

The task audit log includes this information:

The task audit log information is stored in a table (APPNAME_TASK_AUDIT). You can back up or extract the information in the table to a file, then clear the table. You should monitor the log size and clear it on a regular basis.

  To perform a task audit:

  1. Select Administration, then Task Audit.

    Note:

    You must have an application open for the Task Audit link to be available.

  2. Optional: You can filter the audit by selecting criteria:

    • Enter a start date and an end date.

      Tip:

      Click Calendar button to select dates from a pop-up calendar.

    • From the Server Selection list, select a server, or select All.

    • From the User Selection list, select the user to audit, or select All to audit all users.

    • From the Task Filter list, select the task to audit, or select All to audit all tasks.

  3. Click View.

    The tasks that meet the filtering criteria are displayed. Tasks are sorted from most recent to least recent, as shown in this example.

  4. Optional: To export the audit information to a CSV file, click Export, and follow the download instructions.

  5. Optional: To delete the entries from the log, click Clear Log to delete the entries from the log.

    Note:

    When you clear the log, a record of the clear remains in the log and cannot be erased.