Change Log

By default all changes to pages, files and directories are currently logged in the Change Log system. It is possible to filter the information contained in the Change Log making it easier to find relevant information, see below for further information.

Change the Change Log State

1. In Admin mode, go to the Config tab and select Change Log under Tool Settings.
2. To change the change log, select the desired state from the drop-down list. The available states are Auto, Enabled and Disabled.
   

• Enabled means that the change log tracker will start automatically and items can be written to and read from the change log
• Disabled means that the change log tracker will not start, items written to the change log will be ignored but items may still be read from the change log
• Auto means that the change log tracker will start as soon as any dependencies have been registered against the change log. If no dependencies exist, then the tracker will not start or will stop if already running. Items can be written to and read from the change log at any time.

Filter and View the Change Log

1. Filter and view the change log items in the View tab. Enter values in the fields according to the table.

Field Name	Description
Change date from	The query will be run from the change log from this date.
Change date to	The query shall be run from the change log to this date.
Category	By not selecting an item from the drop-down list Page, File and Directory changes will be read from the Change Log when the query is run. Select Page to run a query on pages only. Select File to run a query on Files only. Select Directory to run a query on pages directories only.
Action	The actions that can be filtered in the Change Log are: Check In, Create, Delete, Delete language, Move, Publish, Save and Delete Children
Changed By	To filter for a specific user enter the EPiServer CMS username.
Maximum number of items per page	Limits the number of items displayed. Click the next and previous arrows to browse through the list of items.
Start with sequence number	Enter a specific sequence number to start listing the items in the change log from, either in ascending or descending order.
Read direction	List change log items in either ascending or descending order.

2. After entering the values in the fields click Read to run the query. A list of the matching change log items will then be displayed.

It is possible to remove all items from the change log that are more than one month old and without dependencies with the change log auto truncate scheduled job.

Website developers can easily customize and extend the change log functionality. Consult your website developer for further assistance.