The Change History log can be accessed from the Active Roles console, allowing you to quickly examine what changes were made to a given user or group, as well as when it was done and by whom. For example, if someone reset a user’s password via Active Roles, you might use change history to see when and by whom the password was reset.

To examine changes made to a given object, such as a user or group object, right-click it in the Active Roles console and click Change History. By default, the Change History window only displays basic options. You can display more choices by clicking the plus sign (+) in the top-left corner, next to the first column heading.

In the Change History window, you can find the following information:

• Name  The name of the object for which you are examining change history.
• Requested  The date and time that the changes were requested.
• Requested by  The user account that requested the changes.
• Completed  The date and time that the changes were applied.
• Properties  The properties of the object that were changed, including information about the changed property values.
• Status  Indicates whether the requested changes are applied (status COMPLETED) or waiting for approval (status PENDING).

The Change History window also includes the following areas:

• Properties changed during this operation  Information about the object property values that were changed (old values), new values assigned to the properties, and the user account that was used to make the changes.
• Workflow activities and policy actions  Detailed information about all policies and workflows performed by Active Roles when processing the change request.
• Operation details  Additional information on when and by whom the changes were requested.

The Workflow activities and policy actions area displays a report of the policy actions and workflow activity actions. The report organizes the action results into sections, each containing report items specific to a single policy or activity. You can expand the area by clicking its title. To expand a section, click the title of the section. For certain items, the report provides the option to further expand the view and display additional information. The List option displays a list of items, such as user or group properties, affected by the policy or activity. By clicking the Details option, you can examine the policy or activity action result in more detail.

The following topics list the possible sections and report items in the Workflow activities and policy actions area. Each section in the report describes results of the action performed by a certain workflow activity or policy. The report items within the section inform about success or failure of the policy or activity action. In the event of a failure, the report item includes an error description.

Not all the listed sections and items must necessarily be present in a report. An actual report only includes the sections corresponding to the workflow activities and policies that Active Roles performed when processing the operation request.

The following topics elaborate on the report sections and report items you encounter in the Workflow activities and policy actions area:

• Workflow activity report sections
• Policy report items
• Active Roles internal policy report items