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Audit logging is a built-in Jira feature. Vacation Manager only adds some of its additional information to these logs.

Currently in audit log entries are placed when:

• user vacation days are:
  • assigned,
  • updated,
  • deleted,
• teams are:
  • created,
  • updated,
  • user is added to team,
  • user is removed from team,
  • group is added to team,
  • group is removed from team,

• holiday scheme is:
  • created,
  • copied (duplicated),
  • updated,
  • deleted,
  • holiday is added,
  • holiday is updated,
  • user is assigned to scheme,

• workweek scheme is:
  • created,
  • updated,
  • deleted,
  • user is assigned to scheme.

Currently we work to add more audit logging and it includes: configuration, vacation types and vacation days logging

• • ,
• vacation type is:
  • created,
  • updated,
  • deleted,
• configuration is:
  • created (initial setup),
  • updated,
  • deleted.

To access it, follow the below presented steps ( you need to be logged in as Jira administrator):

1. Open Jira Administration menu;
2. Access "System";
3. Click on "Audit Log".

Directly after doing so you will spot a table-like form with entries, similar like the ones presented below and static elements that are (numbers on below graphic are tied with listed ones):

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Number of displayed events is dependent of how many of it is present in current display. If filtering is used, then you can limit a number of events to export and do not export everything to get less clutter.

After clicking "export", log is presented to be saved locally as an archived (.zip) file.

6. More menu contains additional options:

• "Audit Log Settings":

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Here "Retention period" of gathered log can be set to kept for: unlimited period of time (set by default), 1 month, 3 months, or 6 months.

Log size increase proportional to passed time can be expected, especially significant and visible if unlimited retention period is set.

• "Audit Log Documentation" - hyperlinking to currently browsed documentation page.

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More information in regards to auditing in Jira applications can be found here https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/auditing-in-jira-applications-938847740.html

7. Column "Date" contains exact date of an occurred event that was logged;

8. Column "Author" list details of a person responsible for an action that happened and because of that has been added to the log;

9. "Category" informs about a place in Jira, where modification occurred;

10. "Summary" columns lists basic information about logged action;

11. "Object" details which Jira element has been affected (i.e. workweek schemes, holiday schemes Jira groups, users, vacation manager teams, permission type, notification scheme, custom field etc.);

12. Upon clicking on a row it will extend its size and additional information can be seen if it exists i.e. IP address of an individual responsible for particular event.