Enable or disable audit logging

Sigma facilitates audit logging through the Sigma Audit Logs connection, which records data related to user-initiated events that occur within your Sigma organization. The connection is disabled by default, but an Admin user can enable it in the Administration portal.

This document explains how to enable or disable the Sigma Audit Logs connection. For more information about audit logging with Sigma, see the following:

• Access and explore audit logs
• Audit log events and metadata
• Create an audit logs storage integration
• Export audit log data to cloud storage

User requirements

These regions are currently supported for audit logging:

To enable the Sigma Audit Logs connection, you must be assigned the Admin account type.

Enable the Sigma Audit Log connection

1. Go to Administration > Account > General Settings.

   1. In the Sigma header, click your user avatar to open the user menu.

   2. Select Administration to open the Administration portal.

   3. In the side panel, select Account, then open the General Settings tab.

2. In the Audit Logging section, locate the Sigma Audit Logs setting and click Enable. The setting displays a Feature Pending tag while the audit log connection activates.

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   If the General Settings tab doesn’t include an Audit Logging section, contact Sigma Support or your Sigma Account Executive to enable it for your organization.

3. The connection typically activates within a few minutes, and Sigma sends a confirmation email when the connection is successfully enabled. Click Open in Sigma in the email or refresh the Administration portal, then click Browse Connection in the Sigma Audit Logs setting to view the connection data.

Disable the Sigma Audit Log connection

You can disable audit logging for your Sigma organization. If you wish to re-enable your audit logs, Sigma stores your data related to user-initiated events captured before you disabled audit logging for 30 days. If you re-enable audit logging you can recover that data, but you will need to reconfigure any:

• Storage integrations
• Scheduled exports

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Sigma tracks which user disabled auto logging.

1. Go to Administration > Account > General Settings.

   1. In the Sigma header, click your user avatar to open the user menu.

   2. Select Administration to open the Administration portal.

   3. In the side panel, select Account, then open the General Settings tab.

2. In the Audit Logging section, locate the Sigma Audit Logs setting and click Disable.

3. (Optional) Select the view exports option to access the Exports > Scheduled exports page and review any scheduled exports for your storage integration.

4. (Optional) Select the view elements option to access the Lineage tab of your audit logs in the connections browser so you can review any Sigma elements that utilize your audit logs prior to disabling.

5. Select Disable audit logging. The setting displays a Disabling tag while the audit log connection deactivates.