Configure and turn on field-level auditing for a window
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Once field-level auditing is enabled in your system, you configure and turn on auditing for each window you want to monitor.
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# Configure and turn on field-level auditing for a window
Once field-level auditing is enabled in your system, you configure and turn on auditing for each window you want to monitor.
Once field-level auditing is enabled in your system, you configure and turn on
auditing for each window you want to monitor.
For the audited window, you can control
the extent of the auditing by turning on auditing of particular database tables and
fields associated with the window.
Also, you can quickly turn on or off auditing of
the individual database tables or the entire window.
## Configure auditing of a specific window
1. You use the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window to configure auditing in one of the following ways:
+ By navigating directly to the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window and selecting the window to be audited:
1. On the **System** tab, click **Management**. In the left pane, click **Manage** - **Audit**.
1. In the top part, in the **Window name** field, select the window for which you want to configure auditing.
+ By accessing the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window from the window to be audited, if auditing is not turned on for the selected window:
1. Open the window for which you want to configure auditing.
1. In the window toolbar, on the **Help** menu, click **Audit history** to open the **Field-level audit** dialog box. If the **Audit history** command is missing, the selected window doesn't support field-level auditing.
1. Click **Enable** to open the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window with the window from which you navigated to this dialog box selected in the **Window name** field of the top part.
1. Optional: In the **Description** field, type a description of the auditing of this window.
1. In the **Show fields** field, select one of the available options to set this option in the **Show fields** column in the **Tables** table for all database tables.
1. Select the **Active** check box to turn on auditing of the window, or clear the check box to turn it off.
1. In the **Tables** table, select the **Active** check box for the database table you want to audit. By default, auditing is turned off for all the database tables associated with the window.
1. In the **Show fields** column, select one of the available options to view the fields shown on the user interface or all the fields of the selected database table in the **Fields** table.
1. In the **Fields** table, select the **Active** check box for the fields you want to audit. By default, all the database table fields shown in the **Fields** table are selected for audit.
1. Repeat Steps 5 through 7 for each database table you want to audit.
1. Click .
After you turn on auditing for the window, the system monitors and records the changes
to the documents created by the window.
You can view the audit trail of each document.
## Turn on auditing for the window
If auditing of the window is configured but turned off, use one of the following ways to turn on the auditing.
First way:
1. Go to the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window.
1. In the table, click the name of the window you want to audit. This opens the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window in the new browser window with the window you clicked selected in the **Window name** field in the top part.
1. Select the **Active** check box.
1. In the window toolbar, click **Save and close** to turn on auditing and close the browser window.
Second way:
1. Go to the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window.
1. In the top part, in the **Window name** field, select the window you want to audit.
1. Select the **Active** check box.
1. Click  to turn on auditing.
## Turn off auditing for the window
First way:
1. Go to the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window.
1. In the table, click the name of the window you want to audit. This opens the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window in the new browser window with the window you clicked selected in the **Window name** field in the top part.
1. Clear the **Active** check box.
1. In the window toolbar, click **Save and close** to turn off auditing and close the browser window.
Second way:
1. Go to the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window.
1. In the top part, in the **Window name** field, select the window.
1. Clear the **Active** check box.
1. Click  to turn off auditing.
When you turn off auditing, the monitoring of the changes is turned off, but the configuration of the audit is left intact.
## Example
To configure and turn on auditing of the fields shown on the interface in the [Journal transactions (GL301000)](/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/journal-transactions-gl301000/) window, do the following:
1. Go to the [Journal transactions (GL301000)](/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/journal-transactions-gl301000/) window.
1. In the top part, in the **Batch number** field, select a batch.
1. On the window title bar, on the **Help** menu, click **Audit history**.
1. In the **Field-level audit** dialog box, click **Enable**. This opens the [Audit (SM205510)](/visma-net-erp/help/management/management-windows/audit-sm205510/) window with the [Journal transactions (GL301000)](/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/journal-transactions-gl301000/) window selected in the **Window name** field.
1. Make sure that the **Active** check box is selected to turn on the audit immediately after you save your changes.
1. In the **Show fields** field of the top part, select **UI fields**.This changes the values in the **Show fields** column in the **Tables** table to **UI fields**.
1. In the **Tables** table, select the **Active** check box for the database table.
1. Make sure that all the database table fields in the **Fields** table are selected.
1. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 for every database table.
1. Click .
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