Auditing options

The different options available in iBase to control what is viewed and who can view it.

For example, to be able view restricted audit logs (history) in iBase, a user requires the following permissions:

  • View History, set in the System Commands Access Control dialog

  • Audit Administrator role, set in the User dialog

Option

Required permissions

View History

Audit Admin role

Database Admin role

View history in iBase (Details of the changes to the record data are only available in databases with the Audit History property turned on.)

Yes

-

-

View restricted history in iBase (Only restricts what is viewed in the Audit History and Audit Viewer dialogs. Users will not know who worked on the record and when but they may be able to work out what some of the changes were.)

Yes

Yes

-

View Audit Viewer

-

Either

Or

View history in Audit Viewer (Applies to the Record Modified and Code List Modified actions, at all audit levels.)

Yes

-

Yes

View restricted entries in Audit Viewer

-

Yes

Yes

View restricted entries & history in Audit Viewer

Yes

Yes

Yes

Note: The facility to restrict audit logs is set for individual users as part of their user account in the User dialog.