What's an action log?

The action log provides an audit trail of all actions performed on the new item request.

The first entry indicates when the new item request was created and by whom. Subsequent actions will be listed to show the progress of the new item request. For example, submitted and promoted to definition.

From the Action Log, you can initiate a discussion by posting and assigning a new comment, respond to requested comments or reply to specific comments, thereby creating a threaded discussion within the context of the new item request.

Here are some additional details:

• The Comment column in the action log table shows additional information about an action.

• The Author column shows System when an action is performed by the application.

  It shows the user name when the action is performed by a user.

  Note: In OTBI, the Author column doesn't show System when an action is performed by the application.

The table shows some of the actions performed by the application, and the entries in the Comment and Author columns:

Actions	Comment	Author
System	Items effective on approval: <items>	System
System	Can't be promoted	System
System	Autopromote from <old status name> status to <new status>	System

The table shows some of the actions performed by the user, and the entries in the Comment and Author columns:

Actions	Comment	Author
Created	Through item batch: Name: <batch name>, <batch number>	<user name>
Created	Through item batch ID: <ID> Note that this comment appears when the change is created through FBDI.	<user name>
Promoted to approval	<comments entered by the user when promoting the change for approval>	<user name>