Working with audit trails in NexJ Admin Console

NexJ Admin Console keeps a history of actions that have been performed in NexJ CRM.

When a user completes an action, such as creating or deleting a contact record, the action is logged in the audit trail. Users with the appropriate privileges can view the history and details of these actions on the Audit Trail page.

Audit trails of user activity in individual records can also be viewed using the Audit Trail tab in NexJ CRM.

The audit trail allows you to see what information has been added, changed, or removed in the system. When a record is created, updated, or deleted, an event is logged in the audit trail. The details that are recorded for each audited item include, the date and time of the action that was performed, the ID of the user who performed it, and a name and detailed description of the action.

The system can also store information on each user who logs into NexJ CRM. If enabled, the system records the name of the user who logged in, IP address of the machine used to log in, and time of the login. For more information on enabling user login auditing, see Enabling user login auditing.

The Audit Trail page contains a record of actions that have have been performed in NexJ CRM.

The Audit Trail page is divided into the following areas:

• The Audit Log area at the top, which lists all audited actions that have been performed in the system. This is where you select an action for which you want to view more detail. You can also filter the list of actions in this area by the type of action, the user who performed them, and the dates on which they were performed.
• The Details area at the bottom, which lists the details of a selected action, including the attribute that was changed, its old value, and its new value.

Viewing the audit trail in NexJ Admin Console

View the audit trail in NexJ Admin Console when you want to see the history of all interactions with objects in NexJ CRM.

Before you can view audit trails, you must have been granted the AuditLogView privilege in NexJ Admin Console.

To view the audit trail for all objects in NexJ CRM:

1. In NexJ Admin Console, navigate to the Audit Trail page. The Audit Log is displayed, listing all actions that have been logged by the system.
2. [Optional] To filter the list, specify the desired filter criteria in the fields at the top of the Audit Log area, then click the Set Filter button 

   

   . You can filter by the ID of the user who performed actions, the type and severity of actions, and the dates on which actions were performed. For example, to filter the audit trail to show only actions performed on objects, select Objects in the Any Type field, then click the Set Filter button 

   

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   The list is filtered to show only the specified actions. To view all actions again, click the Clear Filter button 

   

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3. Select an entry to view the details of the action. The action's details are displayed in the Details area.

You have reviewed the audit trail for NexJ CRM.

Setting the redundancy period for read audit records

You can specify a time period in which to fold multiple reads on an object into a single read audit record. Specify the redundancy period to reduce the amount of audit records that are created for frequently read items.

During the specified time period, a single read audit record is created for reads of a specific record by a specific user. The time period is no longer valid if another user accesses the record. In this case, individual audit read records are created for reads performed by the two users.

Your development team uses NexJ Studio to specify the classes to which read auditing applies. Read auditing is available for all the classes that are currently supported by create and update audit functionality. For example, a developer can make read auditing available for companies, contacts, households, leads, and parent and progressed opportunities.

To set the redundancy period for read audit records:

1. In NexJ Admin Console, navigate to the Audit Trail page. 
2. Select the Read Audit Configuration tab. 
3. The list of classes at the bottom of the page shows the classes that have been configured for read auditing.
4. Click the Edit button 

   

   . The Edit Redundant Read Period for Audit dialog opens.
5. In the Minutes field, specify the time period in minutes during which multiple identical reads will be folded into a single read audit record.
6. Click OK. The Edit Redundant Read Period for Audit dialog closes.

The redundancy period for read audit records is set. Changes take effect immediately.