DicksonOne | Understanding the Events Log Audit Trail

Understanding the Events Log / Audit Trail

The Events Log (audit trail) automatically records information about how your organization is using the DicksonOne System. The user name, time and date, device (when applicable), and a brief notation are added to the log when any of the following events occur:

Users log in or out of the DicksonOne Web Portal
Device or location information is added or changed
Alarms are added or changed
Users are added or their permissions changed
Data is exported
Annotations are made or changed in the graph area.To view the Events Log, click

'Events' on the top of the page.

On the events page you'll see the following:

Time zone - changes the time zone the events are reported in (defaults to browser's time zone)
Filter - filter the results to exactly what you want (more below)
Export - export all events or just a filtered set to a CSV file
Event Detail - Each line is an individual event or set of changes

Filtering
You can filter the audit trail based on a number of things:

A specific device or set of devices
A specific user or group of users
Type of event
Date Range

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Details
The event log captures a number of different types of data including:

Account - anything relating to account settings (company name, billing, security policies)
Alarm - anything related to the creation, deletion, editing, pausing, commenting, or acknowledgement of an alarm (not including an alarm being triggered)
Annotation - A user has added an annotation to the graph of a device
Device - A user has added, deleted, or edited a device
Export - A user has exported data for a device
Location - A user has added, deleted, or edited a device
User - A user has been added, deleted, or edited a user
Report - A user has created, deleted, or edited a report
System - The system has performed an action based on alarms or other programmed behavior (this includes alarms that were triggered)

Note

The site will do it's best to guess what zone you're in based on the timezone of the first logger in your account, but you can always change it
The device may not be located in your timezone!
You can only track events for users who have and use their own account.