What does the audit log track?
Quick answer
The audit log records who did what and when across the portal — approvals, document uploads, access changes and similar actions — giving the committee an accurate history it can rely on if a decision or action is ever questioned.
Key takeaways
- The audit log records who did what and when across the portal
- It's strong evidence if a past decision or approval is disputed
- It complements, but doesn't replace, formal minutes and resolutions
An audit log sounds like a technical feature, but for a strata committee it's really a governance tool — it's what lets a decision be defended later with facts rather than recollection.
What typically shows up in an audit log
- Who approved a maintenance spend, and when
- Changes to a person's access or role
- Documents uploaded, replaced or removed
- Key actions taken on compliance items, notices and disputes
Why this matters for committees specifically
Strata committees are volunteer bodies making decisions that affect other people's property and money, and those decisions are sometimes challenged — by an unhappy owner, by a departing committee member disputing what was agreed, or by a tribunal considering a dispute. An accurate record of who did what and when is far stronger evidence than anyone's memory of events months later.
A practical example
If an owner disputes that a maintenance spend was properly approved, the audit log can show exactly who approved it, against what recorded threshold, and when — resolving the question quickly rather than becoming a dispute about who remembers what.
What it isn't
The audit log is a record of actions taken in the portal — it doesn't substitute for the formal governance record (minutes, resolutions) that gives a decision its legal standing. Both work together: minutes record what the committee formally resolved; the audit log records what actually happened in the system as a result.
Access to the audit log
Given its sensitivity, audit log access is typically limited to those with a legitimate governance reason to review it, controlled the same way other page-level access is — the committee decides who can see it, rather than it being open to every seat by default.
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