Device activity

Refer to SITES > Audit in Security Level Details - Permissions

Sites > select a site > Devices > select a device > Audit > Activity Log radio button

The Activity Log page shows a list of activities associated with a specific device, no matter who performed the activity. Datto RMM retains six months of device activity logs.

The listed items include patch and software installations, jobs, remote actions, data about when the device was moved from one site to another, and much more.

The most recent activities are also displayed on the Device Summary page.

Views and actions

Field	Description
Actions	Refresh - Refreshes the current view.
Show entries	Select to show 10 / 25 / 50 / 100 entries per page. 50 is selected by default.
Search	A dynamic search field. As you type, the search results are narrowed to match your search string.
Type	Select one of the following activity types: • All - Selected by default. It displays all types of activities. • Patch - Once selected, you can filter by Status: All (selected by default), Completed, Failed. • Job - Once selected, you can filter by Status: All (selected by default), Completed, Cancelled, Expired, Running, Scheduled. • Remote Takeover • VNC Remote Takeover • Remote Shell • RDP Remote Takeover • Device Moved Site • Security - Once selected, you can filter by Status: All (selected by default), Completed, Warnings, Failed. • Software Management - Once selected, you can filter by Status: All (selected by default), Failure, Success.
Previous / Next	Click a page number or click Previous / Next to jump to the previous / next page of results.

Columns

Field	Description
Type	The type of activity represented by its icon. Hover over the icon to see the name of the activity type.
Name	The name of the activity. Job names are hyperlinked. Click the hyperlink to see the job. Refer to The job view. Click the column header to sort by this column.
Started	Start date, time, and time zone of the activity. Click the column header to sort by this column. By default, the data is sorted by this column. The latest activity is listed first.
Ended	End date, time, and time zone of the activity. Click the column header to sort by this column.
Policy	The name of the policy that targeted the device. Click the column header to sort by this column.
Status	The status of the activity. Click the column header to sort by this column.
Results	If a summary icon is displayed, you can click on it for more information about the activity results. Click the column header to sort by this column.
Progress	A color indicator of the progress of the activity. Green - Completed. Red - Failed. For more information on job results, click the name of the job. Refer to The job view.
Stdout Stderr	Click the icon to view the Stdout (standard output) and Stderr (standard error) message for the device. Although Stdout and Stderr are normally used for jobs, patch and software installation information is also stored here. For job outputs, refer to The job view.

 

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