Cascade Administration

Audits

Overview

Audits allow administrators to see a summary of activities performed in Cascade CMS by a particular User, Group, or Role or on a particular asset. Start/End Date and Audit Type filters are provided to help refine the audit trail.

The record for each event in the audit trail includes:

  • User - the username of the user who performed the activity.
  • Time - the time of the activity. Hover over this entry in this column for an exact date/time.
  • Action - the type of action performed (login, edit, publish, etc.).
  • Information - the information about that action such as whether the asset was edited or published, the IP address of the computer from which the user logged in, and/or a link to the location of the particular asset.
Note - Audits will default to displaying the past week's worth of records, this includes when no Start Date or End Date are provided. When an End Date is provided without a Start Date, one week of records prior the End Date will be displayed. Otherwise, all audits within the provided date range or between the Start Date and the current date will be returned.

Auditing Users, Group, and Roles

To view the audit trail for a User, Group, or Role:

  1. Click the system menu button (  ) > Administration > Users, Groups, or Roles.
  2. Click on the item you wish to audit and then click More > Audits.

Viewing an audit trail for a Group or Role will display the actions performed by all Users belonging to that Group or Role.

Audit Type filters for Users, Groups, and Roles include:

  • Login
  • Failed Login
  • Logout
  • Assume another User’s identity
  • Resume normal identity
  • User’s identity assumed by another User
  • User’s identity unassumed by another User
  • Started Workflow
  • Advanced Workflow
  • Edit
  • Start Edit
  • Copy
  • Create
  • Reference
  • Delete
  • Restore
  • Recycle
  • Delete and Unpublish
  • Check-in
  • Check-out
  • Version Activation
  • Publish
  • Unpublish
  • Move/Rename

Auditing Assets

To view the audit trail for an asset:

  1. While viewing an asset, click More > Audits.

Audit Type filters for assets include:

  • Started Workflow
    • Note: Workflow actions are available in the audit trail for the User who performed the action.
  • Advanced Workflow
    • Note: Workflow actions are available in the audit trail for the User who performed the action.
  • Edit
  • Start Edit
  • Copy
  • Create
  • Reference
  • Delete
  • Restore
  • Recycle
  • Delete and Unpublish
  • Check-in
  • Check-out
  • Version Activation
  • Publish
  • Unpublish
  • Move/Rename
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