Audit Log in Enterprise
Document Actions
You can view the Master Audit
Log on the screen by selecting: File | Utilities | View Audit
Log. There you can set the
date range you want to view but cannot search the log. To search for
specific words or phrases, you need to work with the log outside of
Time Matters. If you are not experienced in using SQL tools, the best
way to search the log is to print it to an electronic format.
Keeping an Audit Log is optional. To turn it on and set preferences, go to:
File | Setup | General |
Program Level Setup | Audit Log
Two popular software programs for "printing" to electronic files are Adobe Acrobat and PaperPort. If you have either one of these programs, you can print to "electronic paper," then search the contents of the Audit Log. If you do not have one of these programs, you can create a plain text file using the Windows Generic printer driver. For setup instructions, see the section below entitled, "Setting Up the Generic Printer Driver."
To print the Audit Log::
Go to: Report | File Reports | Master
Audit Log
Select the Date Range for your
Audit Log report and click OK.
In the Printer Name
field, select Adobe PDF, PaperPort Black and White, or a similar choice
if you have different third-party software. You need one of the full
versions of Acrobat, not Acrobat Reader, to have an Adobe PDF choice.
Some programs, such as PaperPort, need to be open in another window in order to accept the document.
Click OK.
If your log is many pages long, it will take a few moments to create the report.
Go to the appropriate software
program to view the printed report. With a program like Adobe Acrobat,
you can select: Edit
| Find to search for a
particular word or phrase.
Time Matters Professional also
creates and Audit Log. It is saved in the Time Matters data directory
as AUDIT001.LOG.
You can open this file and search it using your word processor or a
plain text editor.
If you do not have a program like Adobe Acrobat (full version) or PaperPort, you can use the Windows Generic printer driver to print the Audit Log to an electronic file for searching.
To set up the Generic printer driver:
-
Click:
Start | Printers and Faxes | Add a Printer -
Click:
Next -
Uncheck: Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer
-
Click:
Next -
In the drop-down menu select:
FILE: (Print to File) -
Click:
Next -
Under
Manufacturer, select:Generic -
Under
Printers, selectGeneric / Text Only -
Click:
Next | Next -
Select:
Noafter:Do you want to use this printer as the default printer? -
Click:
Next | Next -
Select:
No -
Click:
Next | Finish
To use the Generic printer
driver, select Generic
/ Text Only as the printer
name instead of your default printer or Adobe Acrobat in the example
above. Press: OK.
You will be prompted to enter an Output File Name.
Enter a Drive, Folder and
Filename, such as: M:\tmw7e\data\files\audit.txt
Click: OK.
The Audit Log will print to that file. You can open it and search it
with your word processor.
