Using the Retraced Viewer

The Retraced embedded viewer is the easiest way consume and understand your audit log data. This guide will walk you through the viewer’s features.

Note – if you’re a Software Vendor and you’re looking to embed the viewer into your site, see the Embedded Viewer Guide

Overview

The viewer exposes four core features:

1. Search
2. Filters
3. Export
4. API Token Management.

Search

The search box allows for free-text search of all audit events, but also supports some structured search operators. Some example searches:

• edit – free text search
• action:users.list – search by action
• action:document.* location:Germany – search by action and location
• actor.id:john.doe@mycompany.com – search by actor id
• action:user.login,user.logout – seach by multiple actions

Filters

The filters section allows for filtering events by date range, and by Create/Read/Update/Delete actions.

Export

Save searches and export them to CSV using the “Exports” section.

API Tokens

Create and Manage Enterprise API tokens using the “API Tokens” section.

For a guide on using API Tokens, see Using The Enterprise API