How to Review Audit Logs for Financial Changes

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Feature: Changes

The Audit Logs system records changes to financial records, invoicing details, and system settings. Reviewing logs allows you to track modifications and ensure billing security.

Business Outcome
Tracking changes to financial records provides an audit trail that helps prevent billing errors and secure financial systems.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1

Open Administrative History Settings

From the administration sidebar, navigate to Settings and click on Audit Logs (or go directly to /history).

2

Configure Audit Search Filters

Set date filters, select specific user accounts, or select target record types.

Field Requirement Purpose / Details
Target Record Type Required Filter by: Invoices, Payments, Quotes, Settings.
User Account Optional Filter changes made by a specific employee.
3

Review History Results

Click Search Logs. The screen displays a timeline of modifications, showing timestamps, usernames, IP addresses, and actions.

4

Compare Before and After Values

Click an entry to inspect changes. The popup displays before and after snapshots of changed values.

Field Requirement Purpose / Details
Modified Field Optional The database field changed (e.g. TotalPrice, TaxRate).
Before Value Optional Value prior to modification.
After Value Optional Updated value.
5

Export Audit Reports

For accounting reviews, click the export icon to download the filtered log history as a spreadsheet.

Validation Rules

To keep operations reliable, Service Opus enforces the following rules for this workflow:

  • Audit Log Retention: System logs are stored for a minimum of 7 years and cannot be deleted.
Important Rule
Audit logs are read-only and cannot be modified or cleared by any user, including administrators.

What's Next?

Once you finish this task, continue with these related workflows:

Ready to try this workflow?

Use the walkthrough to evaluate the workflow, then test it in Service Opus with real scheduling, quoting, invoicing, and customer data.