Audit Log View

The Audit Log view provides a chronological record accumulating data about the actions performed on folders, files, requirements, change requests, tasks, and topics.

You can open the Audit Log view by doing one of the following:
  • Selecting Window > Show View > Audit
  • Selecting Window > Show View > Other, and choosing Audit from the StarTeam tree node.

When you open the Audit Log view, a list of audit logs displays for the selected view.

All audits shown in the Audit Log view:
  • Are attached to the folder selected from the Server Explorer.
  • Match the filter selected from the Filter list box.
  • Match the depth specified by the All Descendants button.

Using the Audit Log List

Audit log entries cannot be moved, shared, modified, or branched in StarTeam. However, a few operations can be performed on these items. For example, you can search for items in the Audit Log view by clicking on the list box arrow of the Audit Log view toolbar, and selecting Find, Find Next, or Find Previous to locate items in the Audit log list with a specified value in a column.

Filter and Sort Audit Log Data

You can sort the audit log by the data in a column and change the display based on a predefined filter available in the Audit Log view toolbar.

You can click on an audit column header to perform a sort based on the value in that column. The sort is usually in ascending numeric or alphanumeric order, depending on the data. To change the sort order from ascending to descending (or vice versa), click the header a second time. A triangle indicating the direction of the sort appears on the header of the primary sort column.

Default Audit Log View Columns

You can view the following default columns in the Audit Log view:
  • User– Person performing the action.
  • Created Time – Date and time of the action.
  • Class Name – Type of object, such as file, folder, change request, or topic
  • Event – Name of the action, such as Created, Added, Deleted, Modified, Branched, Moved From, Shared, Locked, Unlocked, Moved to, or Lock broken.
  • Item – Item number associated with the Class Name. That is, the type of item created, such as a task, topic, change request, and so on.
  • View – Name of the view in which the object is located.
  • Project – Name of project where the object is located.

Audit Log View Toolbar and Context Menu Actions

The Audit Log view toolbar and context menu allow you to:
  • Filter log entries with predefined filters
  • Search (CTRL+F) audit log entries
  • Link (unlink) the view to the selected StarTeam item
  • Optionally show all descendants to determine the depth for which the client displays information
  • Create URLs and HTML representations and copy them to the Windows Clipboard and paste them into email applications, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and so on to quickly open to the item of interest in StarTeam
  • Create desktop shortcuts (.stx) to quickly launch the Cross-Platform Client
Parent topic: Views