View the audit trail
Every change is recorded with the user, role, time, old and new value and reason. See it on a form's Edit History card, a participant's Audit Trail tab, or for the whole study in Reports > Data & Exports > Study Audit.
Where to find it
| Where | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Form > Edit History (bottom of a submitted form) | Every change to this form: submitted, edited, verified, frozen, locked, coded, with who, when, the reason and old > new values. |
| Participant > Audit Trail tab | All events for one participant. Export downloads a CSV. |
| Data & Exports > Study Audit | Every change in the study, with filters for category, user, participant, action and dates. |
| Data & Exports > Settings changes | Changes to the study set-up, with old and new values, reason and signature. |
| Data & Exports > Export log | Every data download: who, when, which export, format, rows and whether it was blinded. |
Search the study audit
Open Reports > Data & Exports and the Study Audit tab.
Click Filter and narrow by category (participant data, study configuration, user access, security, export), user, participant, action or dates.
Click a row for the full details.
Click Verify chain to check that no entry has been changed or removed.
You see "Chain intact" with the number of protected entries.
Click Export to download the filtered view as CSV.
Questions
Can an audit trail entry be deleted?
No. Audit entries can never be edited or deleted, and clinical data itself is never permanently deleted. Read more about audit trails for clinical trials.
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