Viewing and saving the audit log

You can view and save audit log data if you have the appropriate permission. You do so by opening the audit log viewer from within Meridian Enterprise. The audit log viewer opens in a new browser window. There you can filter and sort the data to meet your needs. You can then save the data as a Comma-Separated Value (.csv) file that you can open in other programs such as Microsoft Excel to format and print the data.

Before you begin

A system administrator must have installed and configured the audit log viewer to use this command. The BlueCielo Publisher extension component must have been selected when Meridian Enterprise was installed on your computer.

If the audit log is stored in Meridian Enterprise Server, a different page will open than shown in the following picture but the data will be similar.

To view the audit log data:

1. In PowerUser, on the Tools menu, click View Audit Report.

   OR

   In the Meridian Enterprise Web Client, in the Vault ribbon, click View audit log.

   A page titled BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2016: Audit Viewer opens in a browser window similar to the following figure. The actions are sorted on the column indicated by the arrow icon in the column heading. Your privileges to view the audit log are shown at the bottom of the page.

3. To change the sort order or select a filter:

   1. Point to a column heading, click the arrow button that appears, and click the sort option or filter that you want on the shortcut menu that appears.

      If you selected a sort option, the arrow icon appears in that column heading. If you selected a filter, the filter icon appears in that column heading.

To save the current audit log data:

1. If necessary, arrange, sort, and filter the data as described in the preceding task.
2. Click Save. Your web browser will attempt to download the file to your computer. If your browser's security settings block the download, you might need to adjust the settings and retry this procedure.
3. Accept the default location and filename or specify a different location or filename, if necessary. The file is saved.
4. Open the file in any program that is compatible with .csv files to format and print the data.