A frequent need for many of our customers is the ability to
audit activity on a document in the Alfresco repository. An easy way to do this is via a subscription
to the Formtek Auditing Extension for Alfresco.
The Auditing Extension is one of several extensions to
Alfresco that Formtek offers to enhance your Alfresco implementation.
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| The Auditing Extension is Integrated with Alfresco Share |
For every object accessible via Alfresco Share, the
Auditing Extension records the action performed, the date and time the action
occurred, the user who performed the action, and optional details on the
action. Each document and folder maintains its own auditing information, and
any user who can access the document or folder can also view its audit log.
The Auditing Extension records
standard Alfresco transactions such as Create, Edit Properties, Update
Properties, Checkout, Download, Upload New Version, Move to, Copy to, Manage
Permissions, Manage Aspects, Delete Document, and more. It will also record actions initiated by
other installed Formtek extensions (i.e. File Linking, Peer Association,
Version Browser, and the Engineering Data Management Module).
So, what does it look like? Here’s a screenshot of an audit of a single
document.
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| Audit History for a Single Object |
Selecting “More” provides
additional information about the action performed.
Additional Capabilities for Administrators
If you are an administrator, you
may access the admin console and use the Audit History Search Panel to search
for audit records for different types of content stored in the repository.
Audit records include the following information:
- Timestamp – When the action occurred
- Action – The action performed
- User – The user who performed the action
- Type – The type of item on which the action was performed
- Name – The name of the item on which the action was performed.
Here’s
a screenshot.
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| Audit History Search Panel with Results |
The admin console also provides an effective means for an
administrator to search for active and/or completed workflows. Workflow records
include the following information:
- Description – The workflow message
- Initiator – The user who started the workflow
- Start Date – The workflow start date
- Due Date – The workflow due date
- End Date – The date the workflow completed
- Priority – The workflow priority (1=High, 2=Medium, and 3=Low)
- Status – The workflow status, either Active or Completed
- Details – A link to the details of the workflow in a new window.
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Workflow History Results List
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Need more information?
You can watch this short demo video.
