Admin Actions Log
Magento Extension
User Guide
Official extension page: Admin Actions Log
User Guide: Admin Actions Log
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Table of contents:
1. Extension settings ………………………………………………………………….…. 3
2. Login attempts page ……………………………………………………………….…. 6
3. Page Visit History ………………………………….……………………………….…. 8
4. Active Sessions ………………………………………………………………………... 10
5. Action Log ……………………………………………………….……….……………... 11
6. Action preview on ‘Action Log’ grid ……………………………..……………... 12
7. Detailed view of changes made by the admin ………………..……………... 13
8. How to restore changes ……………………………….………………..…………... 16
9. History of changes on other pages……………………………………..………... 17
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1. Extension settings
To configure the module work please
go System -> Configuration ->Admin
Actions Log
If you set this option to
‘Yes’, users will not be
able to login after
unsuccessful attempts.
Specify the number
of available login
attempts before a
user is blocked.
Specify the time in seconds
after which blocking will be
removed. During lockout
time all login attempts (even
with the right password) will
be considered as
unsuccessful.
IMPORTANT. When you
specify ‘0’ (zero) for this
option, user will be blocked
until you click ‘Remove’
button for ‘remove all
lockouts’ setting.
By clicking this
button you unblock
all the users who
had been blocked.
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1. Extension settings
Set the option to “Yes” if you
want to terminate suspicious
sessions with the same admin
username.
Set this option to ‘Yes’ if you
want to collect history of all
pages, visited by the
administrators
Set this option to ‘Yes’ to keep
track of all admin actions. If
you are only interested in
actions of certain
administrators, choose ‘No’
and select their names from
the list below
Specify the number of
days after which all
action logs, login
attempts and page
history would be
automatically deleted
(If input is “0” – the logs
won’t be cleared)
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1. Extension settings
Enable this option to receive emails
about users who logged in the admin
panel.
Use GeoIP support to
determine country and
city from where admin
has logged in. To enable
this option you need to
download the file.
Enable this option to get
notifications of multiple login
faults made during a short time.
Enable this option to get email
notification if a user tried to log
in from another country.
It is possible to set as many
emails as you need.
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To see all login attempts please go to System
-> Admin Actions Log -> Login attempts.
2. Login attempts page
Export login attempts data
in CSV and XML format.
Here you can see the
user geolocation.
‘Locked out’ status is displayed
when the person is already banned.
Until the lockout time is finished all
the login attempts will be
unsuccessful (even if the password
is right). This feature protects your
store admin panel from robots.
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2. Login attempts page
Filter all login
attempts by
date.
‘Logout’ information is
displayed when the admin user
successfully logged out from the
store admin panel.
‘Failed’ status is shown when the
person tries to log in with a wrong
username or password. “Failed”
status are grouped by admin
username or IP for better visual
perception.
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To see the history of Magento pages visited by
all administrators please go to System -> Admin
Actions Log -> Page Visit History.
Notice that actions are logged only for the users
you specified at Configuration page.
3. Page Visit History
In the table you can
see the person, date
and time when session
was started and ended,
IP-address and
geolocation of the
person.
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3. Page Visit History
Click the person’s name to view detailed Page
Visit History of the particular administrator
Please click Visit
History Tab to view the
details of the session.
You can see Page
Name, URL address
and the exact duration
of staying on this page
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4. Active Sessions
To view administrator sessions that are active
right now please go to System -> Admin Actions
Log -> Active Sessions.
In the table you can see the
person, date and time when
session was started, IP-address
and geolocation of the person, and
how recent the session is
Please notice that if needed any
session can be easily terminated in
just one click
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To see the action log of all administrators
please go to System -> Audit log -> Action Log.
Actions are logged only for the users you
specified at Configuration page.
5. Action Log
In the table you can see the person, the
action type, the magento object and the
item or customer account, which has
been modified, created or deleted.
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6. Action preview on ‘Action Log’ grid
You can see the brief info
about the action which has
been done by clicking
‘Preview Changes’ link.
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7. Detailed view of changes made by the admin
To see the detailed view
of the action please
follow ‘View details’ link
in the ‘Actions’ column
of the log.
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7. Detailed view of changes made by the admin
View the comments left
by admin users for
particular orders.
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7. Detailed view of changes made by the admin
If the admin user role is
changed the role info
will be displayed in
Actions Log details as
well as in the preview
window.
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8. How to restore changes
Click this button if you
want to restore the
recent changes.
At the next step you will
see the pop-up window
where you need to
confirm your action.
You can modify the
warning text. Please open
System > Configuration >
Admin Actions Log >
Restore Settings.
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9. History of changes on other pages
Preview changes and view
the details of all product
changes.
The history of changes is
available for product pages. To
view the changes details for
each particular product please
go to Catalog ->Manage
Products ->open the product
you need and then open the
History of changes tab.
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You can also see the changes
for:
• Orders (Sales->Orders>Open the order->History
of Changes)
• Customers (Customers>Manage Customers>Open particular
customer data->History of
changes)
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Thank you!
Should you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
http://amasty.com/contacts/
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
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