File Audit Report - Description of Actions

Action

Description

• When a file is edited and changes are saved to the Egnyte domain.
• When new files are uploaded to the Egnyte domain.

• New folder(s) created on the cloud.

• When a file or folder is downloaded from the cloud or copied to a local folder via the Desktop App
• When a file is downloaded for editing using WebEdit or  Desktop App.
• When files or folders are synced for offline access.
• When a file is downloaded via external apps to view file information such as metadata or a preview.

• When an old version of a file is promoted to the current version.

• When a file is previewed through the WebUI.
  Note: Preview from other apps such as Explorer or Finder is counted as Download.

• When a file on a computer with Desktop App installed was accessed from the local machine cache by the user or another application on the same device.

• When a file is sent from the backend to user’s browser cache for preview optimization.

Action

Description

• When a file or folder is moved or renamed.
  

• When a file or folder was moved as a result of its parent folder(s) being moved.

• When a file or folder is copied from one location to another.

• When a file or folder was copied as a result of its parent folder being copied.

Action

Description

• When a file or folder is deleted or moved to the trash.

• When a file or folder was deleted and moved to the trash as a result of its parent folder(s) being deleted.

• When a file or folder was restored from the trash.

• When a file or folder was restored from the trash as a result of its parent folder being restored.

• When a file or folder was deleted permanently from the trash.

• When a file or folder was deleted permanently from the trash as a result of its parent folder being permanently deleted from trash.

Action

Description

• When a file was locked because it was opened from an Egnyte application such as Desktop App or WebEdit,
• A co-editing session was created.
• File manually locked by an Admin. 

• When the lock on a file was released or when a co-editing session is over.

• When an additional user joins a co-editing session.
  Note: As the first user starts a co-editing session,  a "Lock File" event (with "Co-Editing Session Id: ... " information in the "Action Info" field) will be added to the audit and any following users that joined the co-editing session will have a "Co-Edit File" event for each of the users in the audit report.

Action

Description

• When a share link is created.

• When a share link is deleted.

• When a file was downloaded from a share link.

• When a file was previewed through a share link.

• When an upload link is created.

• When an upload link is deleted.

Action

Description

• When a comment was added.

• When a comment was removed.

• When metadata is added or changed.

• When a metadata value is removed.

• When the content is restored from the available Snapshots.

• Project Activity is recorded when the following actions occur:

  • Mark a project 
  • Don’t treat an existing project as a project anymore 
  • Change in status

Action

Description

• Creation of empty Workspace

• When a Workspace is created from a template

• Converting an existing folder as a Workspace

• When workspace status is changed to inactive

• When workspace status is changed to active