=== Auditing admin events

You can record all actions that are performed by an administrator in the Admin Console. The Admin Console performs administrative actions by invoking the {project_name} REST interface and {project_name} audits these REST invocations. You can view the resulting events in the Admin Console.

.Procedure

Use this procedure to start auditing admin actions.

. Click *Realm settings* in the menu.
. Click the *Events* tab.
. Click the *Admin events settings* tab.
. Toggle *Save events* to *ON*.
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{project_name} displays the *Include representation* switch.
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. Toggle *Include representation* to *ON*.
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The `Include Representation` switch includes JSON documents sent through the admin REST API so you can view the administrators actions.
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.Admin events settings
image:{project_images}/admin-events-settings.png[Admin events settings]

. Click *Save*.

. To clear the database of stored actions, click *Clear admin events*.

.Procedure

You can now view admin events.

. Click *Events* in the menu.
. Click the *Admin events* tab.
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.Admin events
image:{project_images}/admin-events.png[Admin events]

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Not sure if there a new version of this for the new Admin Console.

. If the `Details` column has a *Representation* button, click the *Representation* button to view the JSON {project_name} sent with the operation.
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.Admin representation
image:{project_images}/admin-events-representation.png[Admin Representation]

. Click `Filter` to view specific events.
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.Admin event filter
image:{project_images}/admin-events-filter.png[Admin Event Filter]
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