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Review administrative, user, and system activity across your organization.

The Audit logs page provides administrators with a searchable record of activity in Adobe Acrobat Analyzer. Audit logs capture user actions, administrative configuration changes, and system-generated events. Administrators can review activity, monitor usage, and export records for reporting or compliance purposes.

Note

Admins can only manage permissions for their users’ collections and files. If a user's collections or files must be deleted—for example, if they are deactivated or no longer have access to Acrobat Analyzer—the admin must submit a support request, and Adobe will complete the deletion on their behalf.

What audit logs record

Audit logs capture activity across the organization. Events are grouped into three categories.

User activity

User events record actions performed by individual users, such as:

  • Creating, editing, or deleting collections.
  • Creating or modifying attributes.
  • Running extraction or analysis processes.
  • Exporting extracted data.

Administrative activity

Administrative events record configuration changes, including:

  • Changes to general settings.
  • Changes to asset access.
  • User enablement or role updates.

System activity

System events record background operations, such as:

  • Processing jobs.
  • System-generated updates.
  • Platform maintenance events.

View and export audit logs

  1. Sign in as an administrator.

  2. Navigate to Settings.

  3. Select the Audit logs.

  4. Select the Audit Report link.

  5. Use the available filters to refine the report:

    • Select 1 - 10 users (admin-only filter; supports search and multi-select).
    • Define a date range.
    • Choose an Event Type (all types are selected by default).
    • Choose an Activity Type (all types are selected by default).
    • Choose an Action (all actions are selected by default).
    • Choose a Status (all statuses are selected by default).
    • Optionally, check the Include metadata column to include a column with transactional metadata, such as before/after values, fields changed, and batch items.
    Configure

  6. Select Download CSV to generate the report.

    The report is delivered to your local system.

    Example CSV report

CSV fields

Exported CSV files include:

  • Date & Time (stored in UTC time offset)
  • User (Email) (user email or system@adobe.com)
  • Role (User, Admin, or System)
  • Activity Type (user-level, admin-level, or system-level)
  • Action (e.g., Upload, Share, Delete, Ingest)
  • Event Type (Document, Collection, Attribute)
  • Asset Name
  • Status (Success, Failed, Pending) for processing-related events
  • (Optional) Metadata (context such as before/after values, fields changed, batch items, etc.)

If an action affects multiple documents, the export groups related document identifiers within the same event record.

Export limits

Audit log exports are subject to the following limits:

  • A maximum of 10,000 events per export.
  • A maximum date range of 90 days per export.

If additional records are required, adjust the date range and export in multiple batches.

Retention policy

Audit history is stored for 12 months by default.

The retention period may be adjusted in accordance with your organization’s contractual agreement with Adobe.

Note

How audit logs behave when PII is deleted

If personally identifiable information (PII) is removed from the system:

  • Historical audit events remain.
  • Identifying fields are anonymized.
  • Event timestamps and action details are preserved.

Audit logs maintain activity history while respecting data deletion requirements.

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