Kavi® Showcase Help

Chapter 18. Catalog Item Activity History

Overview

The Catalog Item Activity History tool is used to create customized views and reports of catalog item activity for troubleshooting and reporting purposes. Data recorded for each activity includes the time it occurred, its origin, who initiated the change, the type of change, the name of the catalog item and activity notes entered by administrators. You may download this report as a CSV (comma-separated values) file, then view and manage it through your usual spreadsheet software or text editor.

The information presented in the Catalog Item Activity History is a simplified version of information extracted from the Full Activity Log that has been formatted for ease of use. If you need more detailed information about catalog item activity, such as which specific database fields were affected by the change and the new values in these fields, use the Full Activity Log tool. If you want to access data for a specific catalog item or category of catalog items, use the Catalog Item Data Report.

Use the Catalog Item Activity History tool to:

  • Create a real-time overview of changes to catalog item data in the Kavi Members database.

  • Get information you need for troubleshooting.

  • Download catalog item activity information.

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How to use the Catalog Item Activity History tool

Search

Set any of the optional fields to refine the search criteria. To view all available catalog item activity history information, leave the search fields set to the default values.

Options

Catalog Item

Select the name of the catalog item whose activity history you want displayed, or leave it at the default setting All Catalog Items.

After This Time

Use this field to set a point in time. The results will include only those changes logged after the time specified.

Before This Time

Use this field to set a point in time. The results will include only those changes logged before the time specified.

Note

The time fields can be used together to specify a bounded time range beginning at the time set in the After This Time field and ending at the time set in the Before This Time field.

Who Initiated Action

Enter a full or partial username to retreive changes initiated by a particular user. The username 'system' indicates an automated or uploaded change. The username 'Anonymous User' indicates the change was made from a publicly accessible page.

Activity Type

Set this value to search for changes with a specific Activity Type. This can be one of many default activity types (e.g., Added, Edited, Renewed, Approved, Rejected, Featured, etc.) or an activity type specific to this organization.

Origination

Set this value to search for changes with a specific origination.

This commonly includes:

All Originations

Any user may have initiated these changes.

Manual

Changes made by someone using Kavi Showcase tools (as opposed to changes made by automated processes).

Done

Catalog Item Activity History results are displayed for the search criteria you provided. Click the Download button if you want to download this information.

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