Generate activities reports

This topic describes how to generate activities reports.

Overview

Use the Activities reports page in the Audit service to generate and download system events such as user access, user activities, and the time and date of these activities to a CSV file for offline viewing.

Create a report

You can create a new report in the Activities reports page.

To create a report

  1. On the Activities reports page, click Create report.

  2. Enter the following information to generate a report for download as a CSV file:

    Report details

    Item

    Description

    Report name

    Add a report name.

    The name has a 50 character limit.

    Time range

    Range of dates for the report.

    • Last 3 days

    • Last 7 days

    • Last 30 days

    • Custom - define the date and time range.

    • A report is limited to 10,000 rows. If your date range is too broad, the report may not capture all the data. This is indicated by a warning icon () next to the download button of your report.

    • Activities reports do not contain data from the last 24 hours. If data is missing from the report, run the report the following day to see if the missing data appears.

    Actions

    Select the system events you want to view in your report.

    Search by

    Filter your search for system events by Audit code, Event, Username, or Service. Enter text to further filter your search. The search is case-sensitive.

  3. Click the Create button to generate your report.

    You can create more reports while your current report is in progress. However, a maximum of ten reports can be generated concurrently for a region.

  4. The audit report is saved in the browser's default download location, and contains a selection of the columns from the system activities page. For details, see View system activities. The CSV output is sorted by timestamp in ascending order.

View information about Activities reports

The reports page shows you all the reports that you have generated in the last 30 days with a Download button to save the report to your local machine for offline viewing.

The page displays details about each report, such as the report name, file size, date generated, date available until, and the report status.

Information about the reports

Item

Description

Report data

The number of filters applied to the report.

You can hover over the filter text to view the actions and time range applied.

Available until

The date at which the report is no longer available.

Generated reports are available for 30 days.

Status

The report status:

  • In progress - The report is pending and not yet available.

  • Download - The report is successfully created. Click Download to download the CSV file locally for offline review or for outside inspection.

    • After a report is created, it is not automatically shown in the report list. Click the refresh icon to show the latest reports.

    • A warning icon () next to the Download button indicates a report with partial results due to a large date range.

    • The report is saved to the browser's default download location, and contains a selection of the columns from the system activities page. For details, see View system activities. The CSV output is sorted by timestamp in ascending order.

  • Failed - The report was terminated with an error. You can hover over the status icon to view the error code.