Audit Log
An audit log records important actions and changes so administrators can understand who did what and when.
What is Audit Log?
An audit log is a record of significant activities such as permission changes, configuration updates, data exports, and sign-in events. It normally identifies the actor, timestamp, action, and affected resource where those details are available. SaaS administrators use it to investigate changes and understand account activity.
Example in SaaS
A workspace owner notices that an integration stopped working. The audit log shows when its credentials were changed and which administrator made the update. An organization may export the log for review in another tool. The useful entries depend on which events the provider actually captures.
What to watch for
An audit log is different from a debug log, which is primarily for diagnosing software behavior. Avoid storing secrets or unnecessary sensitive content in either. State retention, export access, and coverage explicitly; a missing event does not prove no action happened. Protect logs from unauthorized access and modification. Atlassian’s documentation demonstrates how audit activity can be exported and filtered by administrators.
Source and further reading
Related terms: Role-based access control, Data export.