Filter Audit Log Views | FileCloud Help

Since every operation is logged and displayed in the Audit screen, the display will show a lot of information and there may be times when you only want to see a specific event.

For example, if you want to see if a specific user was able to login but hundreds of operations are occurring on the server, finding your user may be difficult.

Therefore, you can search or filter your views to find the information you need.

light bulb on The audit log can also be sorted, trimmed, or filtered after exporting it to a CSV file. Exporting the audit log can also reduce the size taken up in the database.

Filtering your view of log entries does not trim or decrease the size of your log database.

If your log database is growing too large, you can:

Export Audit Logs
Configure What is Logged
Delete Audit Log Entries Compact the Audit Database

How do you want to filter the Audit log?

By a search term

To filter the audit log by searching:

Open a browser and log in to the admin portal.
From the left navigation panel, click Audit.
In the Search box, type in your key words.

By start and end dates

To filter the audit log by date:

Open a browser and log in to the admin portal.
From the left navigation panel, click Audit.
In the Filter Start Date box, select a date or type in a date in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD.
In the Filter End Date box, select a date or type in a date in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD.

By an operation

The Audit log can be filtered by the following operations or actions that occur on the FileCloud server:

Operation	Description
All	Displays all operations logged by FileCloud Server This is the default filter.
Common	Displays 6 of the most commonly logged operations: create new account login create file or folder upload file download file or folder share file or folder
Deleted	Displays logs created when a file or folder was moved to the recycle bin on the FileCloud Server site
Uploaded	Displays logs created when a file or folder was uploaded to the FileCloud Server site
Downloaded	Displays logs created when a file or folder was downloaded from the FileCloud Server site
Metadata	Displays logs created when a file or folder's metadata was added, edited or removed
Files	Displays logs created when a change is made to all the files on the FileCloud Server site
Retention	Displays logs of retention policy actions.
DLP	Displays logs for failed DLP rules.
Moved	Displays logs created when a file or folder was moved to another location in FileCloud.
Virus removed	Displays logs created when antivirus scanned an upload and removed a virus.
No virus found	Displays logs created when antivirus scanned an upload and found no virus.
Automation Workflow	Displays logs created when a share approval request created by an automation workflow was approved or rejected. The log message includes the details: share owner, share path, share link, share type, share date, and share approver or rejector.

To filter the audit log by operation:

Open a browser and log in to the admin portal.
From the left navigation panel, click Audit.
In Operation Filter, select an action or group of actions.

By an agent

An agent is any client or device that connects or communicates with FileCloud Server.

You can select from the following user agents:

Web browser
Sync
Drive
Outlook
Office
iOS
Android
Workflow
Mqworker
FileCloud Desktop

To filter the audit log by agent:

Open a browser and log in to the admin portal.
From the left navigation panel, click Audit.
In User Agent, select a client or device.