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To If you are an administrator with the Logs permission, you can access the Administration > Logs page, where you can view system-wide logs select Administration > Logs.

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Most administrators will see the following log types. Users logged in as  'phocas' user will see an additional 'Audit log' option in the list.

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Error log

The error log lists a summary of errors. More information about an error can be displayed by clicking the link in the 'Detail' column.

activity and error logs.

Click the Phocas menu button > Administration > Logs. By default, the Logs page displays a list of errors but you can change your view of the Logs page to quickly access specific types of logs.

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  • Build - Summary of the database builds, including the start and end time, status and failure reason, if applicable.

  • Error - Summary of errors, including the time the error occurred, type of error, detail,

url, browser

Query log

about queries e.g., time
  • URL browser. Click the link in the Detail column to view more information about an error.

  • Query - Summary of queries, including the time the query was run, user, database, mode, dimension

, whether a chart, period they were in, selections made, 

Sync log

  • Time
  • User
  • Source
  • Type
  • Items
  • Warning
  • Error
  • Detail
  • Duration
  • Version

Subscription log

  • Time
  • User name
  • Database
  • Favorite
  • Type
  • Email
  • Size
  • Sent
  • Detail

Audit log (only for admins signed in as 'phocas' user) 

Users logged in with the 'phocas' user account can also access an Audit log, which captures-system wide information including details of user creation and changes to passwords, profiles etc, integrations and changes to databases.

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Event type, date/time and user are listed, along with details including:

  • CREATED: Records details about the creation of a new user.
  • UPDATED: Changes to password, administrator, group, territory and profile. For all except password, the old and new values are retained.
  • DATABASE ADDED: Shows the physical database name and the restriction, if any, that applied. 
  • DATABASE UPDATED: Changes to a user's database settings. Records the physical database and the details of the restriction.
  • DATABASE DELETED: Records the database name that was removed from a user. Note: The database isn't deleted; it is just removed from the user's available list of databases. It will still be available to other users. Details of the 'From' and 'To' fields are truncated at 50 characters; for a detailed view of the change click on the 'From' or 'To' link. 
  • INTEGRATION RUN: Records details about an integration that has been run (for example, updating an account in CRM). An additional column lists the name of the user who ran the integration.

Purging logs

Users logged in with the 'phocas' user account can clear a log by selecting Purge. The Purge button is only visible to users with this access.
  • and period.

  • Subscription - Summary of subscription activity, including the time, user, database, favorite name, type and email address subscribed.

  • Sync - Summary of Sync events, including the time the event occurred, user, sync source, type and version of Phocas.

To manually refresh a log, for example, if you want to see results after running a process, click the Refresh button in the top left corner or F5 on your keyboard.

Administrators with special access can purge (delete) logs.