Is there a way to log when users login to the designer portal? /suite/designer

These requests can be logged at the web server level through access logs.

The logon process is independent of the interface (with the exception of the admin). I.e. I can logon to tempo and then navigate to the designer interface without getting another prompt for authentication. Are you sure that this is what you are trying to achieve?

We can keep track of users login by viewing login-audit.csv file located at <APPIAN_HOME>\\logs\\login-audit.csv.

Thank you all for the responses, what we are trying to achieve is a logging mechanism by which every login to the designer portal is logged and a workflow task is created so the logged in user can justify their login to designer view. ANy thoughts on how we would accomplish this?

Sounds like a significant customization. These are generally discouraged since they make upgrades more costly and difficult.

However I'd implement this feature using either a filter configured in the web.xml or updating spring security to force authentication and a justification on the first time navigating to the designer interface. I don't think it will be easy to leverage process models for this functionality and you will be likely writing significant custom code for this feature.

Note that Appian doesn't require re-authentication when navigating from the tempo to the designer interface. Simply updating the login page will not be sufficient.

Crazy brainstorming here: Create a group which has access to designer interface. Create an action for users to request access, which starts a process model with a timer. when the user fills out the form, add them to the group who can access the designer interface, and do your audit logging. When the timer finishes, remove them from the group.

Thanks for your comments - these are great ideas. I like the timer option. Will investigate further. Thanks again!