Journal Attachments Audit to Monitor and Adhere to Compliance Policies

Enable the audit of insert/check in, delete, update and download activities by users on journal attachment files. This provides accounting managers with ability to track and assess attachment activity for both subledger and general ledger journals.

Business benefits include:

  • Increased level of governance and security when carrying out audit processes.
  • Improved visibility and insight into General Ledger and Subledger Accounting journals.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature:

  • Navigate to the Manage Audit Policies page, select Configure Business Object Attributes and choose the General Ledger or Subledger Accounting product.
  • For the General Ledger product, click the Journals drop down and select the Journal Header Attachments or Journal Batch Attachments check box.
  • For the Subledger Accounting product, click the Subledger Journals drop down and select the Subledger Journal Attachments check box.

Tips And Considerations

  • Attachments audit is only available for General Ledger and Subledger Accounting journal attachments added from the UI. 
  • View audit history of attachments on the Audit Reports ---> View Audit History page.

Key Resources

Access Requirements

To use this feature, you need these privileges:

  • Privilege Name and Code:
    • Manage Audit Policies (FND_MANAGE_AUDIT_POLICIES_PRIV)
  • Privilege Name and Code:
    • View Audit History (FND_VIEW_AUDIT_HISTORY_PRIV)