Event Logs and Event Log monitoring

Note:

Flow Production Tracking has a new data retention policy for hosted sites. Please read the Flow Production Tracking security white paper for more details.

Everything that happens in Flow Production Tracking creates a Flow Production Tracking event, and all the events are logged. You can see the events in your site by looking at the history tab on any entity page.

Note:

You will need to add an "Event Log Entries" tab to the page in order to see the history of that entity.

Event log entries

The event log can be monitored. You can set up an event monitor that watches for events that fit certain criteria and when one occurs, it can trigger other actions. For example, you may want to watch for Animation Task statuses being switched from "In Progress" to "Complete," then automatically switch the Lighting Task from "Waiting to Start" to "Ready To Start."

You can also trigger events outside of Flow Production Tracking. For example, automate processing Versions in a Playlist to send to a client.

Because this is a pretty common thing for people to do, we have a standard version of an event monitor that you can download and customize called Flow Production TrackingEvents.

Be aware that setting up the event monitor is an advanced use of Flow Production Tracking that is going to require a pipeline developer at the studio to write custom code. For more information, see "Writing event driven triggers."

Archived Data

Archived event logs can be accessed by selecting the Archived Data option in the Admin Menu:

Archived data

This data is downloadable as CSV files.

Important:

The download links expire after 24 hours.