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Journal

📘 Journal Screen Overview

The Journal screen provides a detailed audit trail of key events related to properties, including which user initiated each change.

Note: The Journal currently applies only to property records.


🧭 Accessing the Journal

You can open the Journal screen from:

  • Main Tab → More → Journal – to view all property-related events

  • Individual Property Record → Journal Button – to view events specific to that property


📋 Journal Entry Details

Each journal entry includes the following information:

  • Date – when the event occurred

  • Contact – associated contact (if applicable)

  • Property – affected property

  • Type – type of event

  • Old Value – previous value before the change

  • New Value – updated value

  • User – the user who made the change

📝 Recorded Event Types

The Journal tracks the following types of property-related changes:

  • New Property Added

  • Property Price Change

  • Property Board Change

  • Property Status Change


🔍 Filtering Options

You can refine the Journal view using:

  • Date Range Fields – to filter by specific time periods

  • Event Type Dropdown – to filter by the type of recorded event


🧰 Menu Functions

Available via the Menu button or by right-clicking on the screen:

  • Find – search for specific text within the journal

  • Export Grid to Excel – export journal data to a spreadsheet

  • Refresh – reload the latest journal entries