## Documentation Index

Access the complete documentation index at:
https://www.zoho.com/in/payroll/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available documentation pages before proceeding.

# Activity Logs

Activity logs is a detailed report of all the activities that take place in a particular period in your Zoho Payroll organisation. With this report, you’ll be able to compare and review if any wrong data was entered in your organisation.

## View Activity Logs

To view the Activity Logs report:

*   Go to _Reports_ from the left sidebar and select **Activity Logs**.
*   Select a period for which you want to view the activity logs, from the top left corner.

![Select Period](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/choose-date.png)

There are three sections in the _Activity Logs_ report. They are:

Section

Description

Time

Shows date and time of creation and also when a change has been made.

Activity Details

Shows details about the changes made in your organisation.

Description

Shows detailed information regarding the change and author of the change.

## Customise Report

You can customize the activity logs based on a selected date range or based on an entity. Here’s how:

*   Go to _Reports_ from the left sidebar and navigate to **Activity Logs**.
*   Click **Customize Report** on the top bar.

![Customise Report](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/customize-report.png)

*   In the following page, you can select the _Date Range_ and the entity from the _Activity Related To_ dropdown.

![Run Report](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/run-report.png)

*   Click **Run Report** to view the customized report.

## View Different Versions

Zoho Payroll allows you to view the history of changes that have been made. A new version will be created for every change you make in an entity. You can also compare the versions to analyse the change in detail. Here’s how:

*   Go to _Reports_ on the left sidebar and navigate to **Activity Logs**.
*   Click **Show Versions** on the right side of the description.

![Show Versions](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/show-versions.png)

*   Here, you’ll be able to view different versions of the activity.

![Versions](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/versions.png)

*   Click **Compare**, select two versions and, click **Compare** again.

![Comparison](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/comparison.png)

You’ll be able to view the comparison of two versions that you’ve selected in the following screen.

## Export Activity Logs

You can export your activity log report in PDF, CSV, XLS, and XLSX formats or export them directly to Zoho Sheets. Here’s how:

*   Go to _Reports_ in the left sidebar and navigate to **Activity Logs**.
*   Click **Export as** on the top right corner.
*   Select the format in which you want to export.

![Export Report](/in/payroll/help/images/reports/activity-logs-export.png)

*   If you want to export this data to Zoho Sheets, select **Export to Zoho Sheet**.

Your data will be exported in a CSV/XLSX/XLS file or to a Zoho Sheet.