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Overview

The Activity tab provides a comprehensive view of team activities within Forest. Every action performed by users is tracked and logged with complete context for accountability and compliance.

What gets logged

Forest tracks all user activities across different areas:
CategoryActivities
Data Operationscreate - Record creation
update - Record updates
delete - Record deletion
Actionsaction - Action execution
createApproval - Approval request created
approveApproval - Approval granted
rejectApproval - Approval rejected
markApprovalAsFailed - Approval failed
ignoreApprovalWarning - Warning bypassed
sendApprovalBackInReview - Sent back for review
Inbox ManagementstartProcessingInboxTask - Task processing started
assignUserToInboxTask - Task assigned
unassignUserFromInboxTask - Task unassigned
cancelInboxTask - Task cancelled
autoCancelInboxTask - Task auto-cancelled
WorkflowstriggerWorkflow - Workflow initiated
completeWorkflowStep - Step completed
selectWorkflowOption - Option selected
reviseWorkflowStep - Step revised
resumeWorkflow - Workflow resumed
completeWorkflow - Workflow finished
abortWorkflow - Workflow aborted
CollaborationcreateNote - Note added
deleteNote - Note removed
createMessage - Message sent
For each action, the system logs the user, targeted record(s), and timestamp. Forest tracks and stores these activities without records’ sensitive data except the ID/primary key.
Known Limitation: When collections share identical names with different capitalization (e.g., myCollection and MyCollection), activity tracking may incorrectly attribute actions between these collections.

Viewing activity logs

Global activity tab

Access the Activity tab to see all team activities across your Forest project. The logs show all actions with user information, affected records, and timestamps.

Record-level activity

Individual records display their own activity history through a dedicated Activity tab on each record’s detail page, enabling team members to track specific record changes over time.

Export all activities

Admin users can export comprehensive activity data including read operations:
  • Search activities
  • Filter usage
  • Record detail views
  • Dashboard access
  • Record exports
  • All write operations listed above
To export activity logs:
  1. Click the “Export” button in the Activity tab
  2. Select a date range
  3. Initiate the export
You will receive download links via email shortly after the export request.
API Access: Activity logs are also available programmatically through the Forest API. See the Activity Logs API reference for more information.

Admin Logs

While Activity Logs track what operators do with your data, Admin Logs track changes to your Forest project’s configuration, such as permission and access-management changes. They are kept separately from the data activity logs. Admin Logs are available through the Forest public API, which lists the admin logs for a project, most recent first. This endpoint is not self-service: contact us to enable access. See the Admin Logs API reference for details.