Monitoring Audit Logs | Online Help - Zoho CRM

Monitoring Audit Log

The Audit Log is a chronological sequence of entries, each resulting from the actions performed by Users in Zoho CRM. Audit logs are helpful to determine what has happened before and after an event, and also to identify records associated with certain events.

Availability
Permission Required
There is no specific permission required to access this feature.
    Users can only view their own and their sub-ordinates' Audit Logs.
    Administrators can view the logs of sub ordinates, and the CEO has the privilege to view the logs of all users.


Let's look at some of the actions performed in the modules that are captured in the Audit Log:

Modules Actions Performed
  • Leads
  • Accounts
  • Contacts
  • Potentials
  • Activities
    (Tasks, Events, Calls)
  • Add, update, delete records
  • Mass update and mass delete
  • Import and export records
  • Lead conversion
  • Delete from Recycle Bin
  • Rollback
  • Restore deleted records
  • Restore records in bulk
  • Find and Merge Duplicates
  • De-duplicate records
  • Map fields for Lead Conversion
  • Campaigns
  • Solutions
  • Vendors
  • Quotes
  • Sales Orders
  • Purchase Orders
  • Invoices
  • Add, Update, Delete records
  • Cases
  • Price Books
  • Add, Update, Delete records
  • Import and export records

The Audit Log feature captures the following actions performed in the Setup:

Features Actions Performed
  • Email Templates & Folders
  • Inventory Templates & Folders
  • Mail Merge Templates & Folders
  • Auto Response Rules
  • Rule Entry for Auto Response Rule
  • Workflow Rules
  • Workflow Alerts
  • Workflow Tasks
  • Workflow Field Updates
  • Workflow Follow-ups
  • Webhooks
  • Case Escalation Rules
  • Rule Entry for Case Escalation Rules
  • Web Forms (Leads, Contacts, Cases)
  • Business Hours
  • Roles, Profiles, Groups
  • Reports & Report Folders
  • Assignment Rules
  • Rule Entry for Assignment Rules
  • Web Tabs
  • Create
  • Delete
  • Edit
  • Users
  • Add
  • Edit Details
  • Auto Response Rule's Status
  • Case Escalation Rule's Status
  • Web Form's Status
  • Activate
  • Deactivate
  • Field Dependency Mapping
  • Create
  • Edit
  • Super Administrator
  • Edit

View Audit Log

Audit log displays the activities performed by users in your organization with the CRM account. Users in the Administrator Profile or CEO Role can access the audit logs. However, other users can only view their own and their sub-ordinates' audit Logs.

To view Audit Logs

  1. Log into your Zoho CRM account.
  2. Go to Setup > Security ControlAudit Log.
    The Audit Log page displays all the actions performed by all users over the last 3 years.




To streamline your search, apply filters to narrow down the audit log entries, and you can export the filtered data. 

For example, if you wish to see only the records added by a particular user or a list of actions performed in the last 7 days, it could be difficult to find those specific entries among a huge list. In such a case, you can use the Filter options offered to you and narrow down on the entry or entries you are looking for.

To filter the entries in the Audit Log page

  1. Select an Entity, in order to view the log of actions performed on that entity. You can choose from one of the following.
    • Choose a specific module to view the log of actions performed on that module only. For example, Leads, Users, etc.
    • Choose Users to view the log of all Setup related actions only.
    • Choose All Entities to view the log of actions performed on all the modules as well as Users related actions.
  2. Select a User, in order to view the log of actions performed by a particular user. You can do one of the following.
    • Choose a specific user to view the log of actions performed by that particular user only.
    • Choose All users to view the log of all actions performed by all users in your organization.
  3. Select an Action, in order to filter the entries based on the actions that have been performed on the records.
    • Choose an action among AddedUpdated, and Deleted actions depending on your requirements.
    • Choose All Actions to view the log of all the three actions.
  4. Select a Time, in order to view the log of actions performed in the chosen timeframe. Choose among the following options.
    • Anytime
    • Today
    • Last 7 Days
    • Last 30 Days
    • A Specific Date
    • A Date Range

For example, if you want to view all the records added by a specific user in the Leads module in the last 7 days

  • Choose Entity as Leads.
  • Choose the desired User (Mark).
  • Choose Action as Added.
  • Choose the Time as Last 7 days.
The audit log will be displayed according to the above filters.

Notes
Notes:
  • Users can only view their own and their sub-ordinates' Audit Logs.
  • Administrators can view the logs of sub ordinates, and the CEO has the privilege to view the logs of all users.

Audit Log for Workflow Rules

You can view details of every update made to the workflow rules in the audit log. Every action performed in a workflow such as, create, edit, update, delete, modify, locking a rule or adding action and so on will be displayed along with the details of the update. Also, you can view the changes made to the execution conditions by clicking on View Changes next to that entry.

Export Audit Log

You can export the audit log entries in CSV format.
To export audit log entries

  1. Log in to Zoho CRM with Administrator privilege.
  2. Go to Setup > Security Control > Audit Log.
  3. In the Audit Log page, click Export Audit Log.
    The entries will be exported in a .csv format.
Notes:
  1. You can export the last 3 years or up to 1 million audit log entries when no filters are applied.
  2. If filters are applied, only the filtered logs will be exported.
    When exporting filtered logs, if any of the following filters—'Entity,' 'User,' or 'Action'—are applied, please ensure that a time filter within a 180-day range is included

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