What is an audit trail?

The system automatically records who did what and when, and which data was changed, so important actions are traceable.

In detail

An audit trail is the system's “activity diary”. It lets a company trace the cause when disputes or problems arise, and is key evidence for financial audits and compliance checks. Actions performed automatically by AI need to be fully recorded too.

For example

An order's price was lowered; the audit trail shows who changed it and on what day, the price before and after, and the approval record.

How companies use it

Logging must be enabled for critical actions such as price changes, payments, permission changes and data deletion, with regular spot checks.

Common misconceptions

Records that can be freely edited or deleted. The audit records themselves must also be protected.

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