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title: "Activity history: find every register operation | Vivlab POS"
description: "Browse the log of every operation on your registers: sales, returns, prints, emails, closures, archives and configuration changes, with the date, the operator and the document concerned."
url: https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/activity
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# Activity history
Every operation at the register leaves a line in this log: a sale, a return, a receipt print, an email, a closure, an archive or a settings change. You can see who did what, when and on which document, for example to check whether a receipt has already been printed or who added a staff member.
## What do you want to do?
- [Understand what the history contains](#comprendre-l-historique)
- [View the activity of one register or all registers](#consulter-l-activite)
- [Find the operations on a document](#rechercher-un-evenement)
- [Read a line of the history](#lire-une-ligne)
- [Learn what each event means](#types-d-evenements)
## Understand what the history contains {#comprendre-l-historique}
The history is a **chained and signed** log: each line carries a hash (a string calculated from its content) and includes the hash of the previous line. Deleting, changing or inserting a line would break this chain, which the [integrity verification](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/fiscal.md#verifier-l-integrite) would detect. Nobody can therefore change or delete a line, not even a manager.
Operations are recorded when they are performed. For a print or an email, the line is written before the print or the email itself: it proves the request was made, not that the printer actually printed.
## View the activity of one register or all registers {#consulter-l-activite}
1. In the **Management** menu, open **Activity history**. The most recent operations come first.
2. Choose an **Event type**: **All events**, **Register activity** (sales, returns, prints, closures, archives, held tickets and quotes) or **Configuration** (registers, staff, business details, preferences and security keys).
3. Choose **This register** for the register used on this device only, or **All registers**. With **Configuration**, this choice disappears: configuration changes for every register are always shown.
Until the register has recorded any operation, the screen shows **Follow everything that happens at the register**, with a **New sale** button and an **All registers** button.
## Find the operations on a document {#rechercher-un-evenement}
The search covers the ID of the document concerned (a receipt, a closure, an archive) and the event's note, for example the name of a staff member or a register.
1. In **Activity history**, choose **All registers** if the document comes from another register.
2. Type the receipt number or closure ID in **Search an event or document**.
3. Read the matching lines: for a receipt, you see when it was issued, each of its prints and emails, and any returns.
For a receipt or a closure, the ID in the **Document** column is a link: tap it to open the receipt in [Receipts](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/receipts.md) or the closure in [Reports](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/reports.md#consulter-une-cloture).
## Read a line of the history {#lire-une-ligne}
Each line shows:
- the **Event**, with the register concerned underneath, or **Merchant account** for an operation that concerns the whole account, and a note (for example a register's new name);
- the **Date** and time of the operation;
- the **Operator**, that is the staff member who had unlocked the register, or **Automatic** for an operation performed without an operator;
- the **Document** concerned: receipt number, closure, archive or staff member ID;
- the **Sequence**, the line's order number in its register's log. The numbers follow on without gaps.
On a phone, this information is grouped under the event name.
## Learn what each event means {#types-d-evenements}
**Register activity** events:
| Event | What happened |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Receipt issued** | A sale was completed and its receipt recorded. |
| **Return recorded** | A return was recorded on a receipt, with a refund or a credit note. |
| **Receipt print requested** | A receipt's first print was requested: this is the original. |
| **Receipt reprint requested** | A receipt already issued was printed again: this print carries the **DUPLICATA** (duplicate) mention. |
| **Receipt email requested** | A receipt was sent by email. The first email of a receipt never printed is the original, later ones are duplicates. |
| **Ticket held** | A basket was put aside to be resumed later. |
| **Quote saved** | A basket was saved as a quote. |
| **Ticket resumed** | A held ticket was resumed at the register. |
| **Quote updated** | A quote was changed. |
| **Draft removed** | A held ticket or a quote was deleted. |
| **Draft converted to sale** | A held ticket or a quote was paid. |
| **Provisional document printed** | A quote or a held ticket was printed (non-tax document). |
| **Period closed** | A Z, monthly or annual closure was sealed. |
| **Closure archived** | A closure was deposited in Vivlab's tamper-proof storage. |
| **Archive created** | A tax archive was generated from [Tax audit](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/fiscal.md#generer-une-archive). |
**Configuration** events:
| Event | What happened |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ledger initialized** | The account's log was created, when Vivlab POS was first set up. |
| **Register created** | A new register was created. |
| **Register renamed** | A register's name changed. The note gives the new name. |
| **Staff member added** | A member was added to the team. |
| **Staff member updated** | A member's name, role or allowed registers changed. |
| **Staff member activated** | An inactive member was reactivated. |
| **Staff member deactivated** | A member was deactivated and can no longer unlock the register. |
| **Staff PIN reset** | A member's 4-digit PIN was cleared; they will choose a new one at the next unlock. |
| **Business details updated** | The company's legal name, SIRET, VAT number or address changed. |
| **Preferences updated** | A Vivlab POS setting changed: receipt header, footer, website or paper width, lock screen, credit note validity or first month of the fiscal year. |
| **Integrity key renewed** | Vivlab replaced the secret key that signs your receipts, closures and log lines. |
| **Archive signing key renewed** | Vivlab replaced the key that signs your tax archives. |
::: info Who can view the history
The **Activity history** screen is reserved for the **Manager** role. See [Staff](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/pos/staff.md#choisir-le-role).
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