Understanding the Documents Audit Legend
Once the audit log is extracted and loaded in Excel, the information is ready for review. This article gives an overview of the tracked actions and how to interpret them.
The Document Audit Legend workbook consists of twelve columns.
Timestamp
Exact date and time of the action in CET.
Action
- DocumentCreate: User uploads a document, user creates a folder, user creates a placeholder
- DocumentDelete: User deletes a document or a folder
- DocumentDownload: User downloads a document
- DocumentModified: User renames a document or a folder
- DocumentMove: User moves a document or a folder
- DocumentPrint: User downloads a secured PDF of the document
- DocumentView: User views a document
- LogIn: Login of a user
- MassDownload: User downloads the contents of a complete folder or the complete Data Room
- NodeAccess: Navigation in the Data Room and the wizards. If "page" is 1 this concerns a preview
- NodePermissionChanged: User changes the permission(s) on root, folder or document level
- Reindex: User changes an index number due to the reindex action or deletion
User
User ID with the last and first name of the user that performed the action.
Role
The role of the user in the Data Room who performed the action.
Affected Role Only applicable for action NodePermissionChanged. Permission
- ADD: Permission is added
- DEL: Permission is deleted
- Change Structure: Permission to make changes in the order of the structure
- CopyDocument: Permission to copy a document*
- DeleteDocument: Permission to delete a folder, document, or placeholder**
- DenyAccess: No permission to view a folder, document or placeholder
- DownloadDocument: Permission to download a folder, document or placeholder
- EditDocument: Permission to rename a folder, document or placeholder
- MoveDocument: Permission to move a folder, document or placeholder**
- PrintDocument: Permission to download a secured PDF of a document
- UploadDocument: Permission to upload a folder, document or placeholder
- View: Permission to view a folder, document or placeholder
* Extinct permission
** Only functional in combination with Change Structure
Affected Node/Document
ID and name of the folder, document or placeholder.
Project = root level
Page
Page number in the document. If page number is -1 the document viewer is closed.
Viewer Session
ID of the session in which the user used the document viewer.
History Type
Sub-status of the given action.
Only applicable to DocumentModified, DocumentMove and Reindex.
Before
Old situation
In case of DocumentMove or Reindex: the old index number of the folder, document or placeholder.
In case of DocumentModified: the old title.
After
New situation
In case of DocumentMove or Reindex: the new index number of the folder, document or placeholder.
In case of DocumentModified: the new name of the folder, document or placeholder.
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