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title: "Understanding System Change Log"
slug: "understanding-system-change-log"
updated: 2025-09-15T16:05:14Z
published: 2025-09-15T16:05:14Z
canonical: "documentation.encodify.com/understanding-system-change-log"
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# Understanding System Change Log

## Overview

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The **System Change Log** provides a record of configuration changes made across the system. Entries can be filtered using search criteria such as **user, event type, module, date**, and more.

## Logged Events

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The System Change Log is accessible from **System Configuration → System Status → System Change Log** and currently logs the following types of configuration changes:

- Changes in the **Settings** module and viewing of log records
- **Field definition** changes
- **Access rights** configuration changes
- **Action** configuration changes
- **Creating or editing users**
- **User groups** configuration changes
- **Workflow and status restriction** configuration changes

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## Data Retention

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The duration for storing log data in the database can be configured in the `System.properties` file by an Encodify Administrator. Once the specified time limit is reached, records are automatically cleaned up. The cleanup interval (in hours) can be set as follows:

```plaintext
# Interval of cleanup task for config logs in hours (default is 240)
configLogging.cleanup.interval = 240
```