Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

aaronl8775 — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:51:04 GMT

Hi -- it doesn't seem like this log file is being produced in our instantiation of Appian 22.3. Is there a setting or Appian config we need to turn on?

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

caroline.brautigan — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:24:51 GMT

Hi Richard!

Yes, Stewart's correct - we released the User Management Audit Log (link goes to the release note) in Appian 20.1. It tracks audit information (who made the change, when it happened, original and new values if those apply) for the following actions that can be taken on a user:

Create
Change Username
Change User Type (system administrator or basic user)
Change User Status (when a user is deactivated or reactivated)
Change Lock Status (when an account is locked or unlocked)
Change Password
Change Email

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have other questions or feedback.

Caroline

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

Stewart Burchell — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:27:41 GMT

Hi Richard - I can see a log file named 'user_management.csv' in the 'audit/' directory in the environment I'm using (a 20.4 instance)...it has the following columns:

Timestamp

Action

User UUID

Username

Original Value

New Value

Modified By UUID

Modified By Username

...and I can see 'Create' and 'Change Password' events in my instance.

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

richard-hancock — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:08:59 GMT

Hi Caroline, was this feature ever added?

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

caroline.brautigan — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:29:56 GMT

Hi Harsha!

I'm happy to report that we're adding a new audit log in 20.1 (releasing March 27) that will include this information. It's called the User Management audit log and it tracks user creation, deactivation, reactivation, email and name changes, etc. It will show which user was created or changed, when it happened, and who made the change. I hope you find it useful!

Thanks,

Caroline

RE: Finding the Sys admin account with which a user has been created

ankitab0001 — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:55:11 GMT

Hi harshav

I don't think such functionality is available. However as a work around, you can create a process for user creation and save the task user and retrieve it from the process reports, or you can save it into database and retrieve from there.