Audit trail FAQs

What information is available in the audit trail?

Each time you change the value of a data item, an audit trail records the date and time of the change, your user name, and the reason for the change.

Who can see the audit trail?

You can see the audit trail for the data you have access to view in InForm.

Can I report on audit trail data?

Yes. In the Reporting and Analysis module, you can run standard reports to review audit trail data.

Audit Trail Report—Shows the fields for which data was entered, modified, or cleared within a selected date range.
Historical Login Report—Shows the login history within a selected date range.

You can also create an ad hoc report that shows user status and group membership information. For more information, see the Reporting and Analysis Guide.

What information about Partial SV is available in the audit trail?

The following Partial SV configuration data is tracked in the audit trail.

Audit trail and Partial SV

Event	Audit data	Example audit message
Change SV Target rate	User, Site, Old rate, New rate, Reason for change	SV Target rate for Site A is 5 %.
Change First N subjects selected	User, Site, Old value , New value, Reason for change	Number of initial subjects is 5 for Site A.
Change in Manual Subject list	User, Site, Action (Add/Remove), Subject, Reason for change	Subject XYZ added to the manual subject list for Site A. Note: Adding users to the Manual Pool through the file import process produces audit trail messages similar to the "Change in Manual Subject list" example. The import only references subjects that were added successfully. Subjects that fail import due to an error are not logged.
Change in Excluded Subject list	User, Site, Action (Add/Remove), Subject, Reason for change	Subject XYZ added to the excluded subject list for Site A.
Change in Critical Forms	User, Site, Action (Add/Remove), Form, Reason for change	Form 123_1 added to the critical forms list for Site A.
Change in Critical Items	Add critical item, Remove critical item	Item [NAME] on [FORM NAME/ALL FORMS] is added to the critical item list. Item [NAME] on [FORM NAME/ALL FORMS] is removed from the critical item list.