ProjectWise Administrator Help

List of Audit Trail Logging Options

The following logging options, grouped by record type, are available on the Audit Trail Settings dialog, which opens when you click the Settings button on the Audit Trail tab of the Datasource Properties dialog.

Document

Document Created If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is created.
Document Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is deleted.
Document Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document's properties are modified.
Document Attribute Created and Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document attribute is created or modified.
Document File Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a file is first attached to an existing placeholder document.
Document File Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a file is removed from a document.
Document File Replaced If on, audit trail creates a record whenever the file currently attached to a document is replaced by another file.
Document Exported If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is exported, whether individually exported or through a folder export.

This global setting also controls the default status of the related user setting, Audit Trail > Comments > Allow comments for export. If the global audit trail setting is on, then the related user setting will be on by default and able to be turned off. If the global audit trail setting is off, then the related user setting will be off and disabled from changing.

Document Checked out If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is checked out. This includes commands Document > Check Out and Document > Open. Note that Document > Open only creates a check out record if the document is checked out. If you use Document > Open to open a document to which you only have File Read access, then only a copy out record will be created (assuming also that the Document Copied out audit trail logging option is on).
Document Copied out If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is copied out. This includes direct Document > Copy Out commands, but also any action that downloads a copy of a document to the working directory (for example, Document > Open, Document > Open as Read-Only, and Open With). Note that if the Document Check out audit trail logging option is also on and a user checks out a document using Document > Open, then only a check out record will be created. If Document Check out is off and a user checks out a document using Document > Open, then only a copy out record will be created.
Document Given out If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is exported using the Send to Folder option.
Document Checked in If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is checked in.

This global setting also controls the default status of the related user setting, Audit Trail > Comments > Allow comments for check in. If the global audit trail setting is on, then the related user setting will be on by default and able to be turned off. If the global audit trail setting is off, then the related user setting will be off and disabled from changing.

Document Imported If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is imported.
Document Freed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is freed.
Document Extracted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is extracted by a Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF job.
Document Viewed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is viewed.
Document State Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is moved to another state in the workflow.

This global setting also controls the default status of the related user setting, Audit Trail > Comments > Allow comments for state change. If the global audit trail setting is on, then the related user setting will be on by default and able to be turned off. If the global audit trail setting is off, then the related user setting will be off and disabled from changing.

Document Final Status Set If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is placed in Final Status.

This global setting also controls the default status of the related user setting, Audit Trail > Comments > Allow comments for Final Status change. If the global audit trail setting is on, then the related user setting will be on by default and able to be turned off. If the global audit trail setting is off, then the related user setting will be off and disabled from changing.

Document Final Status Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is removed from Final Status.
Document Version Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a new version of a document is created.

This global setting also controls the default status of the related user setting, Audit Trail > Comments > Allow comments for version create. If the global audit trail setting is on, then the related user setting will be on by default and able to be turned off. If the global audit trail setting is off, then the related user setting will be off and disabled from changing.

Document Moved If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is moved.
Document Copied If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is copied.
Document Permission Changed This setting has been deprecated, please use log Document Access Control Modified instead.
Document Markup If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is marked up using the Document > Markup command.
Document Distributed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is distributed by a Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF job.
Mail Message Sent If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is emailed from ProjectWise using Document > Send To > Mail Recipient. This setting does not create a record when Document > Send To > Mail Recipient As Link or Document > Send To > Messenger are used.
Document Commented If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a check in comment is entered for a document.
Revit Worksharing Mode Actions If on, audit trail creates a record for each document action related to Revit worksharing mode. To record document actions that are not unique to the Revit workflow, such as creating or checking out a standalone Revit file, you simply turn on the standard audit trail options related to those actions.
Document Packed If on, audit trail creates a record for each document that is added to a package, when a package is created using ProjectWise i-model Packager.
Note: ProjectWise i-model Packager is no longer delivered.
Document Unpacked If on, audit trail creates a record for each package or mobile overlay file that is unpacked using ProjectWise i-model Packager, and also for each new document that is created as a result of being unpacked from a package or mobile overlay file.
Document Access Control Assigned If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is added to a specific document's access control list.
Document Access Control Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user's permissions to a specific document are changed.
Document Access Control Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is removed from a specific document's access control list.
Workflow Rules Execution Started If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a workflow rule is triggered and begins processing.
Workflow Rules Execution Succeeded If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a triggered workflow rule is successfully processed.
Workflow Rules Execution Failed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a triggered workflow rule is not successfully processed.

Folder

Folder Created If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a folder or work area is created.
Folder Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a folder or work area is deleted.
Folder Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a folder or work area is modified.
Folder Workflow Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a workflow is assigned to a folder or work area, or the existing workflow is changed.
Folder State Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever the workflow state of a folder or work area changes. (The folder state is considered to be the lowest state in the assigned workflow in which at least one document still exists.)
Folder Access Control Assigned If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is added to a specific folder's or work area's access control list.
Folder Access Control Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user's permissions to a specific folder or work area are changed.
Folder Access Control Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is removed from a specific folder's or work area's access control list.
ProjectWise Project Association Created If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area is associated to a ProjectWise project.
ProjectWise Project Association Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area, that is already associated to one ProjectWise project, gets associated to another ProjectWise project instead.
ProjectWise Project Association Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area is unassociated from a ProjectWise project.

Document Set

Document Set Created If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document set is created.
Document Set Member Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is removed from the document set.
Document Set Member Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a document is added to the document set.

Work Area Type

The Work Area Type Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Work Area Types Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Work Area Types node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Work Area Type audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual work area type's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Work Area Type Created If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area type is created.
Work Area Type Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area type is deleted.
Work Area Type Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a work area type is renamed.
Work Area Type Property Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a property is removed from a work area type.
Work Area Type Property Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a property is added to a work area type.

User

The User Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Users Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Users node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other User audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual user's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

User Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each user account was created in the datasource (whether the account was created manually, or using ProjectWise User Synchronization Service).
User Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user account is deleted.
User Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user account is renamed.
User Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever the properties of a user are modified.
User Setting Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user's user settings are modified.
User Disabled If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user account is disabled.
User Enabled If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user account is enabled.
User Logged in If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each user logged in to the datasource.
User Logged out If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each user logged out of the datasource.

Group

The Group Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Groups Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Groups node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Group audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual group's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Group Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each group was created in the datasource.
Group Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a group is deleted.
Group Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a group is renamed.
Group Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a group’s properties are modified.
Group Member Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is added to the group.
Group Member Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user is removed from the group.
Group Access Control Assigned If on, audit trail creates a record whenever access control settings are applied to a group.
Group Access Control Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a group's access control settings are modified.
Group Access Control Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a group's access control settings are removed.

User List

The User List Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the User Lists Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the User Lists node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other User List audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual user list's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

User List Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each user list was created in the datasource.
User List Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user list is deleted.
User List Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user list is renamed.
User List Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user list's properties are modified.
User List Member Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user, group, or user list is added to a user list.
User List Member Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user, group, or user list is removed from a user list.
User List Access Control Assigned If on, audit trail creates a record whenever access control settings are applied to a user list.
User List Access Control Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user list's access control settings are modified.
User List Access Control Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a user list's access control settings are removed.

Workflow

The Workflow Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Workflows Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Workflows node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Workflow audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual workflow's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Workflow Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each workflow was created in the datasource.
Workflow Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a workflow is deleted.
Workflow Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a workflow is renamed.
Workflow State Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a state is added to a workflow.
Workflow State Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a state is removed from a workflow.
Workflow State Position Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a state is moved to another position within the same workflow.

State

The State Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the States Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the States node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other State audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual state's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

State Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each state was created in the datasource.
State Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a state is deleted.
State Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a state is renamed.

View

The View Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Views Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Views node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other View audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual global view's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

View Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each global view was created in the datasource, whether created from ProjectWise Administrator or ProjectWise Explorer.
View Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a global view is deleted.
View Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a global view is renamed.
View Columns Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a column is added to or removed from a global view.

Interface

The Interface Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Interfaces Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Interfaces node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Interface audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual interface's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Interface Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each interface was created in the datasource.
Interface Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an interface is deleted.
Interface Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an interface is renamed.

Environment

The Environment Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Environments Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Environments node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Environment audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual environment's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Environment Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each environment was created in the datasource.
Environment Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an environment is deleted.
Environment Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an environment is renamed.
Environment Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an environment is modified (for example, description changed).
Default Environment View Removed If on, audit trail creates a record when an environment's default document list view is removed (set back to <none>).
Default Environment View Set If on, audit trail creates a record when a default document list view is assigned for an environment.

Environment Attribute

All Environment Attribute audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the parent environment's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Attribute Added If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an attribute is added to an environment.
Attribute Removed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an attribute is removed from an environment.
Attribute Modified If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an environment attribute is modified.

Department

The Department Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Departments Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Departments node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Department audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual department's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Department Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each department was created in the datasource.
Department Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a department is deleted.
Department Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever a department is renamed.

Application

The Application Deleted record can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the Applications Properties dialog (opens when you right-click the Applications node and select Properties) in ProjectWise Administrator. All other Application audit trail records can be seen on the Audit Trail tab of the individual application's Properties dialog in ProjectWise Administrator.

Application Created If on, audit trail creates a record of the date and time each application was created in the datasource.
Application Deleted If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an application is deleted.
Application Renamed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an application is renamed.
Application Web Viewer Changed If on, audit trail creates a record whenever an application's designated web viewer application changes.