report audit trail

I’m happy to have you here in the Community, @Kathy021.

Let me give you insights and guidelines about utilizing the audit trail in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

The audit trail report contains all activities initiated within your company file. It also includes transactions that were being deleted. However, the option to check the payment associated with it is unavailable.

Nonetheless, we can still manage to track the payment manually. Thus, we can look for that transaction from the report, then compare it to your real-life bank statement. Here’s how you can pull up the Audit Trail report:

1. Click Reports at the top menu bar and choose Account & Taxes.
2. Select Audit Trail.
3. On the report screen, click Customize Report.
4. Go to the Filter tab and search for the Transaction type.
5. Choose the type of transaction and click OK.
6. Filter the dates.

Once done, let’s get your bank statement and locate the payment. Please take note to get the correct dates and transactions to ensure everything matches.

On the other hand, if you have a backup file before the transaction got deleted, you might want to restore this to easily view the payment associated with it. To figure out the file from your computer or external storage, you can take note that this file has a .qbb extension at the end of the file name: Restore a backup of your company file

In addition, learn to customize the report based on your preferences by browsing this article.

Let me know if you further need assistance with the audit trail. I’m just one post away from assisting you. Have a good one!

Thank you for your response. I did find a better report for my needs the Voided/Deleted transactions detail report customizing adding payment method this report shows WAY more of what I needed then the Audit trail.

Have a wonderful day!

Appreciate the update, @Kathy021.

I'm happy you were able to generate the report you needed. And thank you for sharing it will greatly help other customers, like you, who are also trying the generate a such report.

As always, let me know in the comments below or by starting a new thread discussion if you have any other questions. Stay safe and have a good one!