.. include:: /_static/inc_styles.txt

.. index:: history; reviewing, organizations; activity log

Reviewing Organization History
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DBL records an ongoing history (a log) of events for each organization. A recorded history is valuable because it provides a kind of accounting for reviewing ongoing changes to the content or licensing of an entry in the library. The following categories of actions are recorded by DBL.

.. note::
	Permission to perform the various DBL administration and licensing activities which result in history events being recorded depends upon the rights for a given organization assigned to the currently logged in user. For more information see: :doc:`Managing Users and Roles <roles>`.

* **Org** - Adding a new organization or editing an existing organization's properties. Adding or removing a delegate organization or changing a delegate organization's roles.
* **User** - Adding or removing users from an organization, or changing a user's role.
* **Entry** - Adding a new entry to DBL, or changing ownership of an existing entry.
* **Upload** - An upload of entry data to DBL. 
* **Download** - A download of data from DBL.
* **Access Request** - A request for a license agreement for access to a specific entry.
* **License Agreement** - Grant or acceptance of a license agreement for a specific entry.

Some events will appear in the history for an IPC and LCH, but recorded from the perspective of each organization. For example, while an IPC might add a license agreement, the LCH will history will record an acceptance of the same agreement.

**To review history for your organization**, do the following: (Any member of the organization may perform these steps.)

* Select **Organizations** from the **Admin** menu visible in the site menu bar.
* Select the organization you wish to review history for (for most users only the organization you are a member of is visible).
* Select the **History** tab.

The History table contains the following columns:

* **Date** - Date of the event.
* **User** - User who performed the event.
* **Organization** - Organization the User is a member of.
* **Action** - The category of the action recorded.
* **Details** - Details of the action.

You can select how many events to display per page using the drop down menu labeled **Show** at the top of the table. You can sort the table by column type by clicking on a column heading at the top of the table.

**Portion of ICP History (Example)**

.. image:: images/admin_history_ipc.png

**Portion of LCH History (Example)**

.. image:: images/admin_history_lch.png