Admin Audit Trail Documentation

Introduction

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The Admin Audit Trail lists all the changes Site Admin users have made to your website.

You can see an overview of each change made, and more details for Module changes.

Use Cases

The following panels show specific tasks. Click on a panel to see the procedures.

View Recent Website Changes

See a list of website admin page and page content changes.

The Admin Audit Trail shows a list of changes to page content, as well as indicating when admin pages have been changed.

To see the list:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Admin Audit Trail
  • You'll see a list similar to Fig. 1
  • The Date/Time column shows when the change was made
  • The Page column shows the page changed
  • Change Description column gives you a hight level ideas of the change
  • Changed By tells you who made the change
  • Click a View button to see the details of the changes

Fig. 1: All changes list

View Changes to a Page

See the changes to a particular web page or admin page.

You can filter the admin audit trail list to see changes for a particular web page or admin page.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Admin Audit Trail
  • Select your page to see a list of recent changes to that page
  • If you don't see any changes, adjust the From and To fields and click Refresh

Fig. 1: Changes for a specific page

View Changes to a Module

See the changes made in a particular Module.

You can filter the admin audit trail list to see changes for a particular page.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Admin Audit Trail
  • Select the module to see a list of recent changes to that module type
  • If you don't see any changes, adjust the From and To fields and click Refresh

Fig. 1: Changes for a specific module

View Change Details

See the details of the change listed in the admin audit trail.

Depending on the change, you can view details of the change made.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Admin Audit Trail
  • Use the Page, Module, From and To fields to filter the audit list and click Refresh
  • Click the Refresh button next to the change you want to investigate
  • At the top of the details page, you'll see an overview of the change. See Fig. 1
    In that example, you can see Not Changed, which indicates that the Use/Edit field in the module wasn't changed from Western District Default, during the change.
  • For website Module changes, you'll also see field-by-field changes. This can help you understand exactly what was changed. Fields changed will be highlighted in red. See Fig. 2
  • Click Close to move back to the audit trail list

Fig. 1: Change header details

Fig. 2: Change details

Reverse Module Changes

Reverse the changes to a Module, if you made a mistake.

Changes to Modules can be reversed if you made a mistake.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Admin Audit Trail
  • Find the incorrect change in the list and click it's View button to view the changes
  • If you see a Reverse Change button to the right of the Close button (See Fig. 1), click it to revert back to the previous setting.
    NB. There is no way to reverse the reversed change, so make sure you are happy to do this before proceeding.

Fig. 1: Button bar