In an environment where document accuracy is essential, it’s not enough to simply publish content. You also need to be able to explain who did what, when, and why. Whether for compliance, quality control, or governance purposes, change traceability has become a must-have.
With Norma’s Audit Trail feature, you benefit from complete, structured tracking of every change made to your documents, ensuring a more transparent, reliable, and secure production process.
1. Full visibility into every change
Every adjustment made in Norma is recorded automatically. The audit trail allows you to review a detailed history of changes, including:
- the modified field (title, date, citation, parties, etc.)
- the user who made the change
- the date and time
- the type of action (addition, modification, deletion, etc.)
Result: you get a clear, verifiable view of how the document evolved from start to finish.
Audit trail filter by modification scope, allowing users to select which part of the system was related to the change (client settings, metadata, announcements, collections, API keys, and more).
2. An essential tool for compliance
In many organizations, publication is governed by strict requirements: internal workflows, quality standards, regulatory obligations, or institutional expectations.
Norma’s audit trail helps you:
- document changes and justify decisions
- support validations and internal controls
- respond faster to audit or verification requests
- ensure better long-term traceability of published content
In short: you strengthen compliance without adding manual work.
3. Better collaboration, without losing track
When multiple people work on the same document, it’s easy to lose track of changes: a corrected date, an updated citation, a field cleared by mistake…
With the audit trail, anyone can quickly:
- understand the origin of a change
- identify who made a correction
- verify whether a modification was intentional
- avoid repeated mistakes and duplicate work
It’s a real advantage for production, editing, and validation teams.
Audit trail filtering interface, enabling users to narrow results by modification author, date range, and action type (create, update, delete) to quickly identify specific changes and review their history.
4. Restore a previous version in one click
Mistakes happen quickly. Incorrect information may have been saved, or a change may have had an unexpected impact on the final document.
Norma allows you to restore a previous version in a single click.
This feature offers two key benefits:
- quickly correct a problematic change
- reduce stress around edits, knowing it’s always possible to revert
It’s a valuable safety net in high-volume production environments.
Audit trail results view, displaying a chronological list of revisions with revision number, date and time, author, action type, and affected data for quick review and traceability.
Real-world use cases
Example 1: fixing a critical field after the fact
A case name has been unintentionally modified and no longer matches the expected format. By reviewing the history, the team can pinpoint the change, compare against the last approved version, and revert safely:
- see what the case name looked like before and after the edit
- restore the last approved version in one click
- follow up to prevent the issue from recurring
Example 2: managing a publication incident
Your communications department discovers that a file containing incorrect information was published online. In order to prepare an official statement, the team needs to determine exactly how long the incorrect file was publicly available.
Thanks to the audit trail, they can:
- identify the exact time the erroneous file was published
- see when it was corrected or removed
- know who intervened and what changes were made
As a result, the team has reliable, verifiable information to communicate transparently, quickly, and in compliance with internal or regulatory requirements.
Example 3: traceability in a regulated environment
In some organizations, you must be able to prove that a document was modified according to a specific procedure.
The audit trail provides clear, accessible evidence, without requiring separate tracking.
View of a single revision, showing the revision date and time, the user who made the change, the action type, and key affected fields (such as upload date), making it easy to identify when and how a change occurred.
More control, less uncertainty
Norma’s Audit Trail gives you full control over your documents by ensuring:
- improved transparency
- stronger compliance
- reliable tracking of edits
- smoother collaboration
- fast and easy version restoration
In short: you stay in control of your publications, even in the most demanding environments.
