Audit Trail

The audit trail is a log of actions taken by users.

In the Main Menu, click Tools, Audit Trail.

For the Audit Trail to contain complete information, Users must be setup and security Permissions assigned to User Groups.

Filtering Options:

Click Refresh to update results after altering filters.

Click Print to print the Audit Trail to the default printer.

Only users with the Audit Trail permission can view the main audit trail. There are also several smaller audit trails that don't require the permission:

If using a Report Server, the Audit Trail can be set to run on the report server rather than the local machine. See Audit Trail uses Reporting Server in Miscellaneous Setup.

Audit Trail Results

Actions are listed by date/time, with the most recent change at the end of the list. Some actions may result in two log entries, one with details, and one with the last date edited.

Log Result Colums:

Audit Trail Integrity

Open Dental checks to verify the integrity of the audit trail data.

Audit Trail entries are never changed within Open Dental and should never be changed outside of Open Dental.