View And Save the Audit Log

The audit log is a record of the significant events that have occurred in the vault over time. Each event in the log contains the date, user, action, item, and additional details. It can be useful to track user, document, project activity and more.

As of the 2022 release, separate events are added to the audit log for each document in a batch, regardless of whether authentication succeeded, failed, or if you exited out of the authentication dialog without attempting to authenticate.

If enabled for a vault, the Meridian Enterprise FDA Module allows you to view and save audit log data if you have the appropriate permission. You do so by opening the audit log viewer from within Meridian Enterprise. The audit log viewer opens in a new browser window. There you can filter and sort the data to meet your needs. You can then save the data as a file that you can open in other programs such as Microsoft Excel to format and print the data.

Note:

You must have the View Audit Log privilege to use this command.

Closed(PowerWeb) View Audit Log Data

Use these steps for PowerWeb.

To view the audit log data:

  • In the Vault ribbon, in the View group, click Audit Log.

    A new window containing your audit log data opens.

Closed(PowerUser) View Audit Log Data

Use these steps for PowerUser.

To view the audit log data:

  • On the Tools menu, click View Audit Report.

    A page titled Audit Log opens in a browser window similar to the following figure.

    The log entries are sorted on the column indicated by the arrow icon A black down arrow. in the column heading. Your privileges to view the audit log are shown at the bottom of the page.

Closed(PowerUser) Change Sort Order or Select a Filter

Use these steps for PowerUser.

To change the sort order or select a filter:

  • Point to a column heading, click the arrow button A gray rectangle with a black down arrow. that appears, and click the sort option or filter that you want on the shortcut menu that appears.

    If you selected a sort option, the arrow iconA black down arrow. appears in that column heading. If you selected a filter, the filter icon A gray filter next to a yellow lightning bolt. appears in that column heading.

ClosedSave Current Audit Log Data

Use these steps for PowerUser and PowerWeb.

To save the current audit log data:

  1. If necessary, arrange, sort, and filter the data as described in the preceding task.

  2. Click Export.

    Your web browser will attempt to download the file to your computer. If your browser's security settings block the download, you might need to adjust the settings and retry this procedure.

  3. Accept the default location and filename or specify a different location or filename, if necessary.

    The file is saved.

  4. Open the file in any program that is compatible with .xlsx files to format and print the data.

2023