The Transactions Tab

From the Transactions tab you can:

• Sort transactions by columns.
• View Transaction Details and Payload information.
• Change the column view from the Settings dialog.
• Search for transactions using filters.

The Transactions page displays 20 records. The newest transactions are listed first. Page through the display to see older records. You can sort the transactions by category, or search for records of a specific type. The number of search records returned is limited to 10,000 audit events or a maximum of 500 pages. See also Pagination Limit for Searches

Sort Transactions

Sort transactions by clicking the arrows on a column (category) heading.

To re-order the columns: click the category name to select it, and drag it to a diferent location on the page.

The default sort is by date and time, so the newest transactions appear at the top of the list.

Transaction Details

Click on a transaction in the list to see more details.

View the transactions using either a Diagram view or a List view Switch between the two views by clicking the icon on the top right. The diagram view also displays related transactions.

On the transaction details page, click the cross-transaction links provided under Business process, Source, Destination, or Extra Properties for navigating to the Transactions page with the specific search criteria.

Note: When a new extra properties link from the transaction details page is clicked, within a minute of posting it to AuditSafe, ‘:’ is displayed in search criteria instead of the extra properties name.

The extra properties value can be displayed as the hyperlink and opened in a new tab, only if you provide its value in the following format:

<a href =’URL link’>URL title</a>

Payloads

A payload is a file attached to an event, that may contain more information about the transaction or the event. Any event within a transaction can contain a payload.

Only text files such as .txt, .xml, or .json files can be attached as payloads. No other file-types are accepted.

A payload can be viewed by clicking on it.

Note: Any payload larger than 5MB must be downloaded before it can be viewed.

To View the Payload

1. Click the transaction to view the details, then click the event containing the payload.
2. Click the payload icon to view the file.
3. Click the download icon to download the attachment.

Settings

The Settings icon allows you to select which columns to display.

1. Click the gear icon to view the list and check the boxes for the columns you want to view.
2. Click Apply to save your choices.

Customize your view using the following options:

Option	Description
Saved Views	Use this option to select your preferred transaction view. To save your preferences in the saved views list. select Save as and enter the name of the view.
Group By	Use this option to group results by category. To do this, select a category from the drop-down.
Columns	Check the box next to the category to display the columns you want to view. You can also search for a category by entering a partial word to display all categories containing that string as seen in the following example.
Expand/Collapse for similar Transaction ID	Select this check box to group all the events with same transaction ID.
Customize Extra Properties Search Criteria	Limits the extra properties for searching under the selected dropdown list.
Extra properties	Search extra properties.
Select Option	all: Displays all the extra properties. none: Displays no extra properties. customize: Displays selected extra properties.

Search for Transactions

The search feature in AuditSafe is powerful and easy to use. It allows you to search and sort using multiple criteria. When searching, you can use the Search Transactions field, Sort Columns, or use the Column search option.

For more information about these searches and how to combine them to narrow the results see Searching Transactions