Ever curious about the previous state of a modified record? In the Power Platform, you have various methods to track these changes. One approach is to set up a transaction or log table in Dataverse, capturing every event and its corresponding value. Alternatively, you can enable audit logs in your environment and then deploy a flow utilizing the ‘HTTP With Azure AD’ action to achieve a similar outcome.
Implementing Audit logs in your organization comes with intrinsic business advantages, chief among them being transparency and accountability. This principle aids in identifying the origin of data or transactions within the system, thereby establishing a framework that holds users accountable for their interactions with the platform.
Turn on Auditing for the Environment
To turn on auditing
- navigate to the Power Platform Admin Center @ https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/
- Open the appropriate environment.
In the ‘Auditing Tile’, you can easily check whether auditing is activated for your environment. If it’s not yet enabled, simply click the ‘Manage’ link located in the upper right corner of the tile, which will direct you to the Auditing Settings page.
On the Audit Settings screen check the ‘Start Auditing’, ‘Log access’, and ‘Read logs’ checkboxes.
There is a prompt that instructs you to set the retention policy for the logs. Options are:
- 30 days
- 90 days
- 180 days
- One year
- Two years
- Seven years
- Custom
- Forever
Configure your Audit Settings and select save button.
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