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# Activity Log

> Session-level view of user activity across the platform

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## Overview

The **Activity Log** shows organization-wide user activity rolled up by **session** rather than by individual event. Where the [Audit Log](/governance/command-center-audit-log) lists every technical event, the Activity Log answers a simpler question: *who was active, when, and for how long?*

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<Info>
  This is one of three related surfaces. See the [Audit & Activity Logging Overview](/architecture/log/logging-overview) for how it relates to the asset-level Audit tab and the Application Audit Log.
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## Navigating there

From the left-hand navigation:

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Command Center → Log → Activity
```

**Activity** sits next to **Audit** as a tab within the **Log** section of Command Center.

## Activity panel

The panel header shows the total number of recorded sessions, e.g. `Activity (384)`.

### Table columns

| Column          | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Session ID**  | A unique identifier for the login/browser session                                                                                                |
| **User**        | An avatar and identifier (user ID, email, or name) for who owns the session                                                                      |
| **Start Time**  | When the session began                                                                                                                           |
| **End Time**    | When the session ended — shown as `N/A` if the session is still active or was a single, immediate request                                        |
| **Duration**    | Elapsed session length. This can be near-instant (`0ms`), a precise duration (`2m 55s 102.071ms`), or a long-lived/default session window (`1w`) |
| **Audit Count** | The number of [Application Audit Log](/architecture/log/audit-log) entries generated during this session                                         |

<Note>
  The table includes additional columns beyond what's visible above the fold — scroll right within the panel to see the full set.
</Note>

### How sessions and audit events connect

Each Activity row is a summary of one session; the **Audit Count** column tells you how many individual events (API calls, AI actions, job triggers) occurred during that session. To see the underlying events, cross-reference the session's time window against the **Audit** tab, filtered by user and date range.

## Common use cases

* **Session review** — see how long a user was active, and whether a session is still open
* **Anomaly detection** — spot unusually long sessions or an unexpected spike in audit count for a single session
* **Access investigation** — combine with the Application Audit Log to reconstruct exactly what a user did during a specific session

## Filters

Currently, the Activity panel supports the **ALL** filter, alongside the standard sort, search, and export controls in the top-right of the panel.

## How this differs from the other two surfaces

|         | Asset Audit                   | Audit Log                     | Activity Log                        |
| ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Row =   | One event on one asset        | One technical event, org-wide | One user session, org-wide          |
| Scope   | Single asset                  | Entire organization           | Entire organization                 |
| Answers | "What changed on this asset?" | "What happened, technically?" | "Who was active, and for how long?" |

## Related pages

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  <Card title="Logging Overview" icon="layer-group" href="/architecture/log/logging-overview">
    See how this fits with the other two logging surfaces
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  <Card title="Audit Log" icon="server" href="/architecture/log/audit-log">
    Drill into the individual events that make up a session
  </Card>

  <Card title="Asset Audit" icon="table" href="/architecture/log/asset-audit">
    See a curated, business-readable audit trail for a single asset
  </Card>
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