Audit Trail Logging for Transactions

**Purpose**

1.1. To automate the recording of all financial and compliance-related transactions across operations for regulatory adherence in a foam rubber producer’s corporate structure.
1.2. Enables automated audit trails for payments, orders, inventory, and expense flows, boosting traceability and automating internal/external audit readiness.
1.3. Secures dispute handling, process transparency, and fosters automated data integrity in compliance reporting.

**Trigger Conditions**

2.1. Automatedly trigger on transaction record creation, update, deletion, or approval in ERP/accounting systems.
2.2. Initiate audit log automation upon threshold breaches (e.g., unusual payment size, inventory adjustment).
2.3. Automate log entries for access or changes by users with admin privileges.
2.4. Scheduled automator triggers for daily/weekly reconciliations.

**Platform Variants**

3.1. **SAP ERP**
• Feature/Setting: Configure Audit Information System (AIS) with transaction-level logging; API: /sap/bc/igs/userLog.

3.2. **Oracle NetSuite**
• Feature/Setting: Automated Audit Trail SuiteScript; Endpoint: userEvent scripts for Record Change events.

3.3. **Microsoft Dynamics 365**
• Feature/Setting: Enable Audit History; API: Dynamics Web API (Audit entity endpoints).

3.4. **QuickBooks Online**
• Feature/Setting: Automated Change Log Retrieval; API: Read Audit Logs endpoint.

3.5. **Xero**
• Feature/Setting: Automate integration with History & Notes API for transaction updates.

3.6. **Salesforce**
• Feature/Setting: Field Audit Trail configuration; API: UI AuditTrail object and EventLogFile.

3.7. **Zoho Books**
• Feature/Setting: Activity Log automation; API: /activitylogs endpoint.

3.8. **Odoo**
• Feature/Setting: Automated ‘Audit Log’ for finance modules; API: Auditlog model create/write hooks.

3.9. **Sage Intacct**
• Feature/Setting: Automated Audit Trail Reports; API: read_changes function.

3.10. **SAP S/4HANA Cloud**
• Feature/Setting: Automated logging in Change Documents; API: A_ChangeDocuments CDS view.

3.11. **Infor M3**
• Feature/Setting: Application Audit Trail Activator; API: M3 Event Analytics ingestion.

3.12. **Workday Financials**
• Feature/Setting: Business Process Audit Reporting; API: Get_Audit_Data operation.

3.13. **ServiceNow**
• Feature/Setting: Automation on Record Auditing; API: Table API with sys_audit table.

3.14. **Jira (Atlassian)**
• Feature/Setting: Issue Change Log Automation; API: GET /rest/api/2/auditing/record.

3.15. **FreshBooks**
• Feature/Setting: Automated Event Log capture; API: GET /events endpoint.

3.16. **Coupa**
• Feature/Setting: Change Logs for Approvals; API: AuditEvent REST endpoint.

3.17. **Epicor ERP**
• Feature/Setting: Audit Logging Configurator; API: BAQ for UBAuditLog table.

3.18. **IFS Applications**
• Feature/Setting: Enable Automated Data Capture; API: Change Log entity in RESTful layer.

3.19. **SAP SuccessFactors**
• Feature/Setting: Audit Trail for payment/HR data; API: DataChangeAudit and BizX APIs.

3.20. **BlackLine**
• Feature/Setting: Task and Transaction Logs; API: GET /api/audittrail endpoint.

**Benefits**

4.1. Automates regulatory compliance and audit processes, saving significant manual labor.
4.2. Ensures tamper-proof, immutable logs, automatedly supporting internal and external audits.
4.3. Boosts automated fraud detection and error tracing in manufacturing finance.
4.4. Automated audit trails enable swift issue resolution, thus reducing downtime in compliance investigations.
4.5. Automator-driven data export and integration facilitate advanced analytics and reporting.