Sorting and Searching Log Events

Use the Authentication Log module to find specific types of event, to find events in a specified date range, or to find events involving specific parties.

Using the Search Tool

Click Find to open the Authentication Log search.

You can search using the following filters:

Property Description

Start/End Date

Date range of the search

Affected Party

Party whose user account was changed. For example, the party whose password was changed, or who logged in to web ordering.

Administrator Party

The person who made the change (for changes that were made within IPM/G2)

Auth Group

The authentication group to search within.

Filtering by Event Type

You can also filter the event log to show any of the following events:

Event Type Description
All

Any of the following events

Failed login A user entered the wrong password
Successful login A user logged in successfully
External login A user logged in from an external location
Denied login

A user failed to log in for one of these reasons:

  • Their account was locked
  • Their account was disabled
  • Their account had expired
  • The system was locked
Failed password reset A user did not successfully reset their password because they failed to correctly enter their current password.
Failed external password reset An extenal user did not successfully reset their password because they failed to correctly enter their credentials.
Account creation A new user account was created
Expiry set A new expiry date was set on a user account
Enable set A user account was enabled
One-use set A user password was set as "one-use"
User lockout set A user account was locked
System lockout set An Authentication Group was locked
Account retired A user account was retired

Sorting the Authentication Log Table

Sort the table by clicking on a column header. Reverse the sorting order by clicking again on the same column header. This is particularly useful when you cannot search by that column.

Example

To find accounts that were manually disabled, sort by the Event Type column and look for the Enabled Set event. If an account was manually changed, the event will have an associated Administrator Party who made the change.