Understanding Audit Logs
Audit Logs provide a record of all user and system activities within the Zoho IoT application in chronological order. For example, activities such as creating a device, deleting a datapoint, or updating a map are all logged in the audit logs. This can be viewed for selected periods in the Audit Logs page.
Note: Users with the Administrator and Manager profile can access entire organization’s audit logs, whereas Developer and Standard users can view their own audit logs only.
Image: A list of audit logs
Audit Logs Vs Timelines
Audit Logs track activities performed across all records in the Zoho IoT application at a common place. This helps to understand the overall happenings in the application. Whereas the Timeline feature focuses on specific records, detailing all actions taken on individual records. These details are helpful in analyzing any problem occurred in a particular device, asset, location, map, alarm rule, datapoint, etc.
Uses of audit logs are listed below.
- Helps to know the changes (mostly all CRUD operations) on all records that happened across the application.
- Helps to track the flow of actions across the application as it is displayed in chronological order.
- Allows to filter and view actions performed by a particular user across the application.
- Allows to filter and view actions performed by a given user or action in a given module or specific type of action.
Uses of timeline logs are listed below.
- Helps to know even minor details about the updates on records.
- Provides the old and new values for a record in the case of update action.
- Provides more specific details. For example, in the case of email triggers, you can know the recipient email IDs as well.
Timeslines can be viewed directly from the respective records' information page. For example, the Timelines for Asset ZB PN11 in the above video can be accessed from the particular asset's information page also.
Note: Refer to the Understanding Timelines document for more details.
Let's proceed to see the list of features that are audited in the application.
Audit Logs List
The below tables provide the list of actions that are audited and displayed in the Audit Logs page in the application:
1. MODEL & MODULE Actions
Feature | Actions Performed |
Models/Modules/Custom Modules | Add Model/Module |
Update Model/Module | |
Delete Model/Module | |
Device/Asset Models Specific | Associate Product to Model |
Feature | Action Performed |
Custom Module Records | Add Custom Module records |
Update Custom Module records | |
Delete Custom Module records |
Feature | Actions Performed |
System Modules (Manufacturer/Vendor/Products) | Add Custom Module records |
| Update Custom Module records | |
| Delete Custom Module records | |
| Assign Custom Module |
2. MODEL & MODULE Customizations
Feature | Actions Performed |
Custom Field Datapoints Template Command Templates Alarm Rules Template Support Products Message Handler | Add/Update/Delete Custom Field to Model |
| Add/Update/Delete Datapoint to Model | |
| Add/Update/Delete Commands to Model | |
| Add/Update/Delete Alarm Rules to Model | |
Add/Update/Delete Supported Products to Model | |
Add/Update/Delete Message Handler to Model |
3. MANAGED ENTITY Actions
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Managed Entities (Assets/Devices/Locations) | Add Instance |
| Update Instance | |
| Delete Instance | |
| Associate Gateway | |
Associate Location to Instance | |
Reregister/ Unmanage/ Simulate device instance | |
Add Asset/ Add Device Action in Location | |
Execute Config Settings | |
Add/Delete Attachments | |
Add/Update Datapoint to Instance | |
Add/Update Alarm Rule to Instance | |
Add/Update Command to Instance |
4. AUTOMATION
ACTIONS
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Custom Functions | Add Custom Function |
| Update Custom Function | |
| Delete Custom Function | |
Execute Custom Function Action (Success/Failure) |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Email Notification | Add Email Notification |
| Update Email Notification | |
Execute Email Notification Action (Success/Failure) |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Webhook | Add Webhook Action |
| Update Webhook Action | |
| Delete Webhook Action | |
Associate Webhook Action | |
Execute Webhook Action (Success/Failure) |
SCHEDULES
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Schedules | Add Schedules |
| Update Schedules | |
| Delete Schedules | |
Execute Schedules |
WORKFLOW
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Workflow Rules | Add Workflow Rules |
| Update Workflow Rules | |
| Delete Workflow Rules | |
| Execute Workflow Rules |
5. DEVICE MANAGEMENT - Certificates & Policies
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Certificate | Add Certificate |
| Update Certificate | |
| Delete Certificate | |
| Activate Certificate | |
Deactivate Certificate | |
Revoke Certificate | |
Assign Device to Certificate | |
Assign Policy to Certificate |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Policy | Add Policy |
| Update Policy | |
| Delete Policy | |
| Assign Certificate to Policy |
6. USERS & CONTROLS
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Users | Add User |
| Update User | |
| Delete User | |
| Activate User | |
Deactivate User | |
Re-invite User |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| User Groups | Add User Group |
| Update User Group | |
| Delete User Group |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Profiles | Add Profile |
| Update Profile | |
| Delete Profile |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Data Slicing | Add Data Slicing Rule |
| Update Data Slicing Rule | |
| Delete Data Slicing Rule |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| GDPR - Compliance | Enable GDPR |
| Update GDPR Compliance Settings | |
Disable GDPR |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Email Preference Email Authentication | Changed Sender |
| Add Sender | |
| Edit Sender | |
Delete Sender | |
Verified the Sender | |
Resent the Code | |
Authenticated the Domain |
8. MONITORING & CONTROL Actions
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Alarms | Add Alarms |
| Delete Alarms | |
| Clear Alarms & Assign Alarm |
Feature | Actions Performed |
*Alarm Rule Action *Notification Profile Action *Workflow Action *Scheduler Action | Associate Actions such as Webhook, Custom Function, etc., to Alarm Rule Template for Asset. |
| Disassociate Actions such as Webhook, Custom Function, etc., from Alarm Rule Template for Asset. |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Alarm Rule Action | Add Alarm Rule Action |
| Update Alarm Rule Action | |
Delete Alarm Rule Action | |
Associate Alarm Rule Action | |
Disassociate Alarm Rule Action | |
Execute Alarm Rule Action (Success/Failure) |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Custom Function | Add Custom Function |
| Update Alarm Rule Action | |
| Delete Alarm Rule Action | |
| Associate Alarm Rule Action | |
| Disassociate Alarm Rule Action | |
Execute Alarm Rule Action (Success/Failure) |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Commands | Command Initiates (via Scheduler) |
Command executed (via Scheduler) (Success/Failure) | |
| Command Initiates (via Alarm Rule) | |
Command executed (via Alarm Rule) (Success/Failure) | |
| Add/Delete Message Handler to Instance |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Notification Profiles | Add Notification Profile |
| Update Notification Profile | |
Delete Notification Profile | |
Execute Notification Profile |
9. VISUALIZE Actions
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Dashboard | Add Dashboard |
| Update Dashboard | |
Delete Dashboard |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Widgets | Add Widget |
| Update Widget | |
| Delete Widget |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Reports | Add Report |
| Update Report | |
| Delete Report |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Schedule Report | Create Schedule |
| Update Schedule | |
| Generate and Send Report | |
Report Generation Failed | |
Report Sending Failed | |
Schedule Completed | |
Schedule Deleted |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Export Report | Exported the Report |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Maps | Add Map |
Update Map | |
Delete Map |
10. GENERAL Actions
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Application Settings | Update |
| Owner Change |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Custom Views | Add Custom Views |
| Update Custom Views | |
Delete Custom Views |
Feature | Actions Performed |
| Connections | Add Connections |
| Update Connections | |
| Delete Connections |
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