Validating audit trail records

You can validate audit trail records to ensure changes were made using Helix ALM instead of other ways, such as accidental corruption caused by an RDBMS server crash. You can only validate audit trail records created in Helix ALM (and TestTrack 7.1 - 2016.1).

Note:  This validation cannot determine if items were modified through a malicious action. Make sure to follow proper security best practices to protect your data from hacking. See the Security Best Practices for information.

1. Choose Tools > Administration > View Audit Trail.

The Search Audit Trail dialog box opens.

2. Select search criteria and click Search.

The View Audit Trail dialog box opens.

3. Select the records to validate.

To select all records, click Select All. To select more than one record, Ctrl+click each record.

4. Click Validate Records.

• Click OK if the records are valid.
• Records that cannot be validated are displayed in a report for further review.