From the Administration menu of Alpana Server, logs are available, both at the Host level and at the Tenant level.

Operation logs

The Operation Logs list all operations performed on the application : authenticating, changing settings, etc

Operations Logs are located in Administration > Audit logs under the tab Operation logs :

Server menu AuditLogs

Log OperationLog tab click

Viewing Operation Logs

Logs are presented in a list with properties like :

  • Log level : a symbol showing the level of importance of the log (information, warning, error)
  • User name : user authenticated for the operation
  • Service : which application service was responsible for handling the operation
  • Action : which Action was performed or attempted
  • IP address : the IP address of the request
  • Browser : the User Agent of the request
  • Time : when the operation happened

Log OperationLog list example1

Filtering logs

These properties can be used for filtering the logs : select a Date range and/or another property to filter it (including Advanced filters), then click Refresh to refresh the view including the filters :

Log OperationLog filter form

Viewing details

You can click the magnifying glass icon in front of a log entry to view details :

Log details button click

This opens a details window with the same information as in the log list, and with more details, like the action Parameters and Error State which can help understand what is happening.

Exporting logs

You can export the filtered logs to Excel by clicking Export to Excel :

Log OperationLog export button

Change logs

Lists all changes to “entities” in the database :

  • on Tenants, this is : published Dashboards, published Widgets, published DataSource, …
  • on the Host, this is the Tenants

Change Logs are located in Administration > Audit logs under the tab Change logs :

Server menu AuditLogs

Log ChangeLog tab click

Viewing Change Logs

Logs are presented in a list with properties like :

  • Action : which Action was performed or attempted on the entity
  • Object : which entity was modified
  • User name : user authenticated for the operation
  • Time : when the operation happened

Log ChangeLog list example1

Filtering logs

These properties can be used for filtering the logs : select a Date range and/or another property to filter it, then click Refresh to refresh the view including the filters.

Log ChangeLog filter form

Viewing details

You can click the magnifying glass icon in front of a log entry to view details :

Log details button click

This opens a details window with more details about what changed.

Exporting logs

You can export the filtered logs to Excel by clicking Export to Excel :

Log OperationLog export button
Last modified: Feb 17, 2022

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