How to view logs of admin/staff actions in Endpoint Manager

Click 'Dashboard' > Audit Logs'

• Endpoint Manager logs all actions taken on managed devices by admins and staff. These logs can be useful when troubleshooting issues.
   
• Example logged actions include:
   
  • Add, update or remove users / user groups
     
  • Send password recovery mails to users
     
  • Add or remove devices / device groups
     
  •  Apply a security profile
     
  • Create or edit a profile
     
  • Package installations
     
  • Remote take-over sessions
     
  • Changes to containment settings
     
  • Remote file transfers
     
  • Auto-removal of old / duplicate devices
     
  • Remote execution of command line and powershell commands
     
  • Generate reports
     
• Each log entry is accompanied with details such as the staff member who applied the action, the affected device, the action taken, and more.
   
• Audit logs are maintained for up to a year for PCI-DSS compliance.

The logs screen shows activities in chronological order.

• Staff - Username of the admin or staff member who performed the action.
   
• Event Name - The action executed. Examples include user enrollment and update, device enrollment, profile update, remote installation of packages, remote take-overs, remote tools sessions and device removals.
   
• Affected Object - The device, device group, profile, procedure or filegroup which was the target of the action.
   
  • Click the name to view more details about the item.
     
• Old Value - The setting or value before the action was implemented.

           For example, if a Comodo package is remotely updated, the old version number of the package is shown here.

• New Value - The setting or value after the action was implemented.

           For example, if a Comodo package is remotely updated, the version number of the new package is shown here.

• Extra Info - Additional details about the action. These include devices on which the procedure was run, installation parameters, profiles applied/removed, malware quarantined,  scans run and so on.

           Script or patch procedures - Click 'Selected Devices' to view the devices on which the procedure was run.

• Session ID - String that identifies the connection session between the device and the EM server during the action.
   
• Log Creation Date - Date and time of the event.

Use the filters to view events of a specific type, events that affected a specific object, and more:

• Click the funnel icon at the top right.

 

You can filter items by various criteria or search for specific events.

• Component name – Select whether you want to view the events from the EM portal of from the Remote Control sessions handled by admins and staff.
   
• Source – Select the category of objects affected by the actions for which you want to see the logs
   
• Event name - Select the type of action
   
• Affected object – Enter the label of the user, user group, device, device group, profile, procedure or file group affected by the event
   
• Old Value – Type a value string to view events where that value was changed.
   
• New Value - Type a value string to view events where that value was implemented
   
• Extra info – Enter additional details about the actions for which you want to see the logs.
   
• Session ID – Enter the connection session identification string of a device to view only the actions executed during that session

Select your filter criteria and click 'Apply'.

Generate Log Reports

You can generate a log report for up to the past 90 days.

• Click 'Dashboard' > 'Audit Logs'.
   
• Click the funnel icon to filter which records are included in the report.
   
• Click 'Export' above the table then choose 'Export to CSV'.

 

• Go to 'Dashboard' > 'Reports' to download the report.
   
• See this page for more advice on reports.