Audit Log

Introduced in 7.1.1, Audit Log provides a centralized logging of key changes within Metric Insights: tracking who did what and when across a wide range of objects like Elements, Folders, Users, Groups, Privileges, Notification Schedules, and more.

This feature enhances governance, transparency, and compliance by allowing administrators to trace changes over time. The changes can be accessed via:

NOTE: The level of logging detail may differ depending on object type.

Supported Object Types

  • Announcement
  • Business Unit
  • System Variable
  • Category
  • Element (Includes Publishing Workflow changes)
  • Dataset
  • Dataset Storage
  • External Report
  • Folder
  • Notification Schedule
  • Burst
  • Plugin Connection Profile
  • Privilege
  • Privilege Set
  • SQL Data Source
  • Tag
  • User
  • Group

Status Monitor

Access Admin > Status Monitor > Audit Log tab

NOTE: If Updated By field is empty, the change was made by the system.

  1. Audit Logs can be filtered by the type of changed object, user who modified it, and modification date range.
    • Click [+ Filter] to set modification date range
  2. Click [View Changes] to expand the change details
  3. Click [Export CSV] to export Audit Log CSV
    • NOTE: The downloaded file will contain logs of Object Types based on set filters.

System Variable Log Change

Access Admin > System > System Variables

All changes related to System Variables are also listed on a separate Change History tab.

History Tab of Elements

Access the History tab of an object that was changed

NOTES:

  • Changes made by one user and in one short time period may be grouped for readability.
  • Applying a change to an object may trigger other changes that will also be listed in Audit Log, even though they were not directly made by user. Audit Log does not only capture the changes made in the UI, but also any fields that get updated as a result of such changes - whether directly or indirectly.