View activity history

The Activity history logs users’ actions in Apromore. It allows you see the timestamp of activities performed, assets used during that activity, and other relevant information. This information may help us monitor activities performed in within Apromore to identify the roots of problems when they occur, or for bookkeeping purposes.

To view the activity history, from Apromore Portal, click the user menu icon indicated by our name initials.

Click Activity history.

The activity history dashboard appears.

The activity history dashboard contains the following fields.

Timestamp: The time of the activity in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
Username: The name of the user that performed the activity.
User role: The role of the user that performed the activity.
User IP: The network IP address of the user.
Action: The specific activity done by the user. For example, when a user logs into Apromore Portal, the Action is User login.
Action Type: The type of activity performed. For example, when a user logs in, the Action Type is Authentication.
Target Name: The name of the artifact used during the activity. For example, if you create a new folder named test_folder, the Target Name is test_folder.
Target Type: The type of artifact used during the activity. For example, when a new folder is created, the Target Name is FOLDER.
Target ID: An auto-generated numeric ID for a target name. This ID is visible next to the artifact in list view in of your Apromore Workspace.

Note

For users with superusers and administrator roles, the activity history of all users in their organization appears in their Activity history. However, users with other roles can only view their own activity history. For more information about users and roles, see Manage users, groups, and roles.

Note

For login and logout activities, Target Name and Target Type are not assigned.

Customize activity history

By default, the Activity history is sorted by timestamp in descending order. However, you can change how the Activity History is sorted.

To sort by Timestamp in ascending order, click the Timestamp field in the Activity History dashboard. An arrow-up icon appears on the left side.

This indicates the activity history is now sorted in ascending order (from the earliest to the latest). We can sort in descending order by clicking the Timestamp field again.

We can also sort the activity history by any other field. Click the field, sorts the Activity history in descending order or ascending order.

Note

When you sort by a field that contains empty entries, activities where the field is empty appear first. Conversely, when you sort in ascending order, activities where the selected field is empty appear last.

Download activity history

Apromore allows us to download the activity history as a log file for book keeping or further analysis. By default, the activity history is downloaded in a CSV file format. To download the Activity History,

Click the drop-down menu in the top left corner of your Activity history dashboard.

Click Download activity history.

The Activity History is downloaded to your local computer in CSV format.

Action names and action types

Apromore automatically assigns an Action Name and Action Type for every activity. There are several action names and action types depending on the activity performed. Here is a list of action names and action types that can be logged into the activity history.

Log-related activities

Action	Action type
Copy log into a folder	Resource management
Delete log	Resource management
Export log	Resource management
Import log	Resource management
Move log into a folder	Resource management
Open log in dashboard	Analysis
Open log-in process discoverer	Analysis
Rename log	Resource management

Model-related activities

Action	Action type
Copy a model into a folder	Resource management
Delete model	Resource management
Export model	Resource management
Import model	Resource management
Move a model into a folder	Resource management
Open model in the editor	Analysis
Rename model	Resource management

Folder-related activities

Action	Action type
Create folder	Resource management
Delete folder	Resource management
Move a folder into a folder	Resource management
Rename folder	Resource management

Group-related activities:

Action	Action type
Change access rights for a folder	Admin activity
Change access rights for log	Admin activity
Change access rights for model	Admin activity
Create group	Admin activity
Delete a group	Admin activity
Grant access rights to a folder	Admin activity
Grant access rights for log	Admin activity
Grant access rights for model	Admin activity
Remove permissions from a folder	Admin activity
Remove permissions from the log	Admin activity
Remove permissions from model	Admin activity
Rename group	Admin activity

Role-related activities:

Action	Action type
Change role permissions	Admin activity
Create role	Admin activity
Delete role	Admin activity

User-related activities:

Action	Action type
Add user to group	Admin activity
Change user role	Admin activity
Create user	Admin activity
Delete user	Admin activity
Remove a user from a group	Admin activity
Transfer ownership	Resource management
User login	Authentication
User logout	Authentication