Auditing (Audit) table/entity reference

Track changes to records for analysis, record keeping, and compliance.

Messages

The following table lists the messages for the Auditing (Audit) table. Messages represent operations that can be performed on the table. They may also be events.

Name Is Event?	Web API Operation	SDK for .NET
DeleteAuditData Event: False	DeleteAuditData	DeleteAuditDataRequest
DeleteRecordChangeHistory Event: False	DeleteRecordChangeHistory	DeleteRecordChangeHistoryRequest
Retrieve Event: False	GET /audits(auditid) See Retrieve	Retrieve records
RetrieveAttributeChangeHistory Event: False	RetrieveAttributeChangeHistory	RetrieveAttributeChangeHistoryRequest
RetrieveAuditDetails Event: False	RetrieveAuditDetails	RetrieveAuditDetailsRequest
RetrieveAuditPartitionList Event: False	RetrieveAuditPartitionList	RetrieveAuditPartitionListRequest
RetrieveMultiple Event: False	GET /audits See Query data	Query data
RetrieveRecordChangeHistory Event: False	RetrieveRecordChangeHistory	RetrieveRecordChangeHistoryRequest

Properties

The following table lists selected properties for the Auditing (Audit) table.

Property	Value
DisplayName	Auditing
DisplayCollectionName	Audits
SchemaName	Audit
CollectionSchemaName	Audit
EntitySetName	audits
LogicalName	audit
LogicalCollectionName	audits
PrimaryIdAttribute	auditid
TableType	Standard
OwnershipType	None

Writable columns/attributes

These columns/attributes return true for either IsValidForCreate or IsValidForUpdate (usually both). Listed by SchemaName.

• AdditionalInfo
• RegardingObjectId
• UserAdditionalInfo

AdditionalInfo

Property	Value
Description	Additional Info for Audit
DisplayName	Additional Info
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	additionalinfo
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Memo
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	2000

RegardingObjectId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the object with which the record is associated.
DisplayName	Regarding
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	regardingobjectid
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Lookup
Targets

UserAdditionalInfo

Property	Value
Description	Additional information associated to the user who caused the change.
DisplayName	User Info
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	useradditionalinfo
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	350

Read-only columns/attributes

These columns/attributes return false for both IsValidForCreate and IsValidForUpdate. Listed by SchemaName.

• Action
• AttributeMask
• AuditId
• CallingUserId
• ChangeData
• CreatedOn
• ObjectId
• ObjectTypeCode
• Operation
• TransactionId
• UserId
• VersionNumber

Action

Property	Value
Description	Actions the user can perform that cause a change
DisplayName	Event
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	action
RequiredLevel	ApplicationRequired
Type	Picklist
DefaultFormValue	-1
GlobalChoiceName	audit_action

Action Choices/Options

Value	Label
0	Unknown
1	Create
2	Update
3	Delete
4	Activate
5	Deactivate
6	Upsert
11	Cascade
12	Merge
13	Assign
14	Share
15	Retrieve
16	Close
17	Cancel
18	Complete
20	Resolve
21	Reopen
22	Fulfill
23	Paid
24	Qualify
25	Disqualify
26	Submit
27	Reject
28	Approve
29	Invoice
30	Hold
31	Add Member
32	Remove Member
33	Associate Entities
34	Disassociate Entities
35	Add Members
36	Remove Members
37	Add Item
38	Remove Item
39	Add Substitute
40	Remove Substitute
41	Set State
42	Renew
43	Revise
44	Win
45	Lose
46	Internal Processing
47	Reschedule
48	Modify Share
49	Unshare
50	Book
51	Generate Quote From Opportunity
52	Add To Queue
53	Assign Role To Team
54	Remove Role From Team
55	Assign Role To User
56	Remove Role From User
57	Add Privileges to Role
58	Remove Privileges From Role
59	Replace Privileges In Role
60	Import Mappings
61	Clone
62	Send Direct Email
63	Enabled for organization
64	User Access via Web
65	User Access via Web Services
100	Delete Entity
101	Delete Attribute
102	Audit Change at Entity Level
103	Audit Change at Attribute Level
104	Audit Change at Org Level
105	Entity Audit Started
106	Attribute Audit Started
107	Audit Enabled
108	Entity Audit Stopped
109	Attribute Audit Stopped
110	Audit Disabled
111	Audit Log Deletion
112	User Access Audit Started
113	User Access Audit Stopped
115	Archive
116	Retain
117	RollbackRetain
118	IPFirewallAcccesDenied
119	IPFirewallAcccesAllowed
120	Restore
121	ApplicationBasedAccessDenied
122	ApplicationBasedAccessAllowed

AttributeMask

Property	Value
Description	Contains a CSV of the ColumnNumber metadata property of attributes
DisplayName	Changed Field
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	attributemask
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Memo
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	2000

AuditId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the auditing instance
DisplayName	Record Id
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	auditid
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Uniqueidentifier

CallingUserId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the calling user in case of an impersonated call
DisplayName	Calling User
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	callinguserid
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Lookup
Targets	systemuser

ChangeData

Property	Value
Description	For given audit action, contains a string value describing the change details when corresponding IsAuditEnabled property is True
DisplayName	Change Data
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	changedata
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Memo
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	2000

CreatedOn

Property	Value
Description	Date and time when the audit record was created.
DisplayName	Changed Date
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	createdon
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	DateTime
CanChangeDateTimeBehavior	False
DateTimeBehavior	UserLocal
Format	DateAndTime
ImeMode	Inactive
SourceTypeMask	0

ObjectId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the record that is being audited
DisplayName	Record
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	objectid
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Lookup
Targets

ObjectTypeCode

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the entity that is being audited
DisplayName	Entity
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	objecttypecode
RequiredLevel	None
Type	EntityName

Operation

Property	Value
Description	The action that causes the audit--it will be create, delete, update, upsert or archive
DisplayName	Operation
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	operation
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Picklist
DefaultFormValue	-1
GlobalChoiceName	audit_operation

Operation Choices/Options

Value	Label
1	Create
2	Update
3	Delete
4	Access
5	Upsert
115	Archive
116	Retain
117	RollbackRetain
118	Restore
200	CustomOperation

TransactionId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier for multiple changes that are part of a single operation; this field contains the same GUID for all the audit rows generated in a single transaction
DisplayName	Transaction Id
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	transactionid
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Uniqueidentifier

UserId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the user who caused a change
DisplayName	Changed By
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	userid
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Lookup
Targets	externalparty, systemuser

VersionNumber

Property	Value
Description	Version number of the audit.
DisplayName	Version Number
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	versionnumber
RequiredLevel	None
Type	BigInt
MaxValue	9223372036854775807
MinValue	-9223372036854775808

Many-to-One relationships

These relationships are many-to-one. Listed by SchemaName.

• lk_audit_callinguserid
• lk_audit_userid

lk_audit_callinguserid

One-To-Many Relationship: systemuser lk_audit_callinguserid

Property	Value
ReferencedEntity	systemuser
ReferencedAttribute	systemuserid
ReferencingAttribute	callinguserid
ReferencingEntityNavigationPropertyName	callinguserid
IsHierarchical
CascadeConfiguration	Archive: NoCascade Assign: NoCascade Delete: NoCascade Merge: NoCascade Reparent: NoCascade RollupView: NoCascade Share: NoCascade Unshare: NoCascade

lk_audit_userid

One-To-Many Relationship: systemuser lk_audit_userid

Property	Value
ReferencedEntity	systemuser
ReferencedAttribute	systemuserid
ReferencingAttribute	userid
ReferencingEntityNavigationPropertyName	userid
IsHierarchical
CascadeConfiguration	Archive: NoCascade Assign: NoCascade Delete: NoCascade Merge: NoCascade Reparent: NoCascade RollupView: NoCascade Share: NoCascade Unshare: NoCascade

See also

Dataverse table/entity reference
Dataverse Web API Reference
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