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# View History Logs

**Audience:** Super Admin, Admin\
**Page type:** Task guide\
**Status:** Draft\
**Owner:** Compassly Documentation Team\
**Last verified:** 2026-04-06

## Purpose

Use **History logs** to review the audit records generated from the selected report criteria.

## Before you start

* You must have already generated a report from **Audit logs**.
* You must be on the **History logs** page.

## Role differences

* **Super Admin / Admin:** Can view the generated log table in the verified UI.
* **Other roles:** \[VERIFY: confirm whether any non-admin roles can open History logs.]

## Steps

1. Generate a report from **Audit logs**.
2. Review the date range badge next to **History logs**.
3. Review the table columns that are currently visible.
4. Use pagination controls in the upper-right corner to move between pages.
5. Change the page size if you need to show more records at once.
6. Use the table search field, column filters, or column selector as needed.
7. Open the **Download** menu if you need to export the report.

## Important

* The table is sorted by **Time stamp** from newest to oldest by default.
* Long values may be shortened in the table when the column is narrow.
* Some text in the **Action** column can be clickable and may open another record in a new browser tab.
* The **Client** column is not always shown. It depends on the report that was generated.
* The **Action** column itself does not use the same column filter control as the other table columns.

## What happens next

* Search the table if you need a specific record.
* Filter or sort the table if you need to narrow the results.
* Download the report if you need a copy outside Compassly.

## Related guides

* [Search History Logs](/compassly-docs/core-modules/audit-logs/search-history-logs.md)
* [Filter and Sort History Logs](/compassly-docs/core-modules/audit-logs/filter-and-sort-history-logs.md)
* [Show or Hide History Log Columns](/compassly-docs/core-modules/audit-logs/show-or-hide-history-log-columns.md)
* [Download Audit Log Report](/compassly-docs/core-modules/audit-logs/download-audit-log-report.md)
* [Why Is the Client Column Hidden?](https://github.com/CompasslyYR/compassly-kb/blob/main/audit-logs/why-is-the-client-column-hidden.md)


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