> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getnovaplan.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Audit

> A complete, reviewable trail of every change.

Audit gives you a complete record of changes across the platform: who changed what, and when. It
is the trail your finance and security teams rely on for control and compliance, and it underpins
the SOC2 controls that let you answer "why did this number change?" with evidence, not guesswork.

## What is tracked

* Edits to plans, overrides, adjustments, assumptions, and configuration.
* Who made each change, and the exact timestamp.
* The before and after of each change, so any number can be traced to its source.

Every write-target table in the platform (entities, overrides, adjustments, rules, assumptions,
and config) records to the audit trail, so the coverage is comprehensive rather than limited to a
few "important" screens. Pure cache and derived tables, which take no direct user writes, do not
generate audit noise; their source tables do.

## How to use it

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the change">
    Filter the trail by who, what, or when to locate the edit you are investigating.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read before and after">
    Each entry carries the prior and new value, so the exact delta is explicit.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Trace the number">
    Follow a number from a report back through the override, adjustment, or assumption that
    produced it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Is the audit trail editable?" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    No. It is an append record of changes, which is what makes it a reliable control artifact.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does it capture ingestion as well as manual edits?" icon="list-check">
    Manual edits to plans, overrides, adjustments, assumptions, and configuration are audited.
    Ingestion separately preserves a lossless raw payload per source as its own trail; see
    [Connect your data](/connect-data).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Troubleshooting

* **I cannot see the audit trail:** viewing the audit trail is an admin capability. See
  [Permissions](/admin/permissions).
* **A number changed and I cannot find why:** filter by the entity and time window around when it
  changed; the override or adjustment that moved it will carry the before and after.
* **A value looks the same in the audit but different on screen:** the on-screen figure may be
  derived from headcount or revenue plans. Trace through the derived posting in
  [GL Mapping](/admin/gl-mapping).