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# ALM auditing

This section describes how ALM auditing works.

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## What to log and where logs are stored

The following table describes which actions are logged by ALM and where they are logged.

What to log | Where the log is stored | Notes
--- | --- | ---
User operations that include: Creating or deleting user Editing user details Adding users to projects Removing users from projects Adding and removing admin permission Deactivating and activating users Adding users to user groups Ending user's project sessions Ending user sessions Creating or deleting user groups Changing user password Authenticating login username and password API Key creation failures | In the AUDIT_LOG file |
Who cleared history and when | In the AUDIT_LOG database table |
Changes to test steps (both design steps and run steps) | In the AUDIT_PROPERTIES and AUDIT_LOG database tables | To enable the auditing for test steps: Set the ENABLE_STEPS_HISTORY parameter to Y. For details, see Setting ALM Configuration Parameters. In Project Customization, check the History option for the test step fields you want to audit. For details, see Customizing Project Entities. Caution: We recommend that you do not enable the auditing for test steps unless it is necessary, as it generates a large amount of auditing data, especially for run steps.
Both old and new groups for a user when its membership is changed | In the AUDIT_LOG file |
Add fields to store the current user, the current project session ID, and the current user session ID | In the AUDIT_LOG file |

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## AUDIT_LOG file location

By default, the `AUDIT_LOG` file is stored in the `{ALM_deployment_folder}\log` directory.

You can use the `AUDIT_LOG_PATH` parameter to specify a different location for the log file. In the new location, the log file is renamed `AUDIT_LOG_<machine_name>`. For details about setting site parameter, see Setting ALM Configuration Parameters.

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