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Ensure Audit, Lineage & Data Quality with NeoXam DataHub
Ensure your organization meets strict compliance standards and gains clear visibility into all data changes, with traceable, bi-temporal precision.
What Are Audit Trail and Traceability?
Audit trail and traceability refer to the systematic logging and historical tracking of data activities within an enterprise system. In financial data management, these capabilities are essential for documenting every data event, from creation to modification to deletion, and identifying the responsible users, timestamps, and business contexts.
With our Data Management platform, organizations benefit from a comprehensive, centralized system that tracks all data lifecycle events with bi-temporal accuracy. This supports both regulatory obligations and operational accountability, turning data transparency into a strategic asset.
For a complete overview of the platform’s architecture and capabilities, visit our DataHub Overview.
Why Audit Trail and Traceability Matter
Financial institutions face increasing regulatory scrutiny across jurisdictions. Frameworks like IFRS, SFDR, and ESG reporting require not only clean data but also a documented history of changes and approvals.
DataHub’s audit trail captures every relevant modification:
- Who made the change?
- What was changed?
- When was it changed?
- Why was it changed?
These records are stored securely and are easily retrievable for internal reviews or external audits. See how DataHub supports Regulatory Reporting.
Achieve Operational Clarity and Data Confidence
Data discrepancies, unauthorized updates, and undocumented overrides are a significant source of operational risk. With full traceability, teams can quickly identify issues and resolve disputes using historical logs.Key benefits include:
- Incident response readiness
- Internal fraud detection
- Root-cause analysis for data errors
- Reliable rollback and recovery options
Harness Bi-Temporal Data Management
One of the unique strengths of DataHub is its bi-temporal architecture, supporting both:
- Effective Date: The business-valid date of the data
- Observation Date: The date the data was entered or modified in the system
This means you can reconstruct the state of data:
- As it was seen at a particular moment
- As it was valid for business reporting
This dual perspective enables accurate retrospective reporting, strategic back-testing, and robust compliance validation.
Core Features of Audit Trail and Traceability in DataHub
Comprehensive Change Logging
Every change across data, rules, workflows, and screens is logged automatically, including:
- Timestamp
- User ID
- Affected fields
- Justification messages (when applicable)
- Rollback capability
These logs are not only archived but also queryable via user-friendly interfaces or APIs.
Approval Workflows with n-Eyes Control
DataHub supports multi-level approval workflows (n-eyes), ensuring no critical data updates go live without authorization. All approvals and rejections are logged in the audit trail.
Exception Handling and Alerts
Built-in alert systems notify data stewards when exceptions arise or when manual inputs deviate from expected rules. Each exception is tied to a workflow entry and an audit record, enabling resolution teams to trace actions step by step.
Entitlement-Based Visibility
Audit logs follow the exact access control mechanisms as data:
- View and modify logs based on user roles
- Limit audit visibility to authorized entities only
- Integrate with external authentication (SAML, OpenID)
Use Cases in Action
Regulatory Audit Preparedness
When auditors request a complete history of specific data points, DataHub provides it fast. You can extract full audit trails for any data set using predefined views or custom filters.
Data Reconciliation
In case of mismatched values across departments or systems, DataHub’s traceability feature helps pinpoint which system, user, or workflow created the divergence
Data Stewardship Oversight
Manual data entry and overrides are standard in financial workflows. DataHub tracks every keystroke and enforces 4-eyes review, providing complete transparency over stewardship actions.
Master Data Management
When centralizing multiple data sources, maintaining a consistent “golden copy” requires precise versioning and rollback options. An audit trail enables quick diagnosis and correction of misalignments.
Read more on Golden Copy Creation.
Built for these Roles
Chief Data Officers (CDOs)
looking to enforce data governance policy with auditable precision
Compliance Officers
preparing for regulatory scrutiny (e.g., SFDR, MiFID II, Solvency II)
Data Stewards
tasked with data quality, cleansing, and exception handling
IT Architects
designing scalable, secure, and modular data ecosystems
Operations Teams
seeking end-to-end transparency for every data decision
What You Can Achieve
Respond to auditors with complete transparency and zero rework
Demonstrate lineage compliance with EU and global regulations
Establish consistent governance across departments and data domains
Reduce operational risk with built-in validation and alerting
Empower teams with access to clean, contextual, and versioned data
Avoid compliance penalties by enforcing traceability rules at scale
Build a long-term architecture for secure and governed data operations
Cut down reconciliation cycles with a single Golden Copy of the record
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Build Data Trust from the Ground Up
NeoXam DataHub gives your organization complete visibility into every data change. Whether you’re preparing for an audit, investigating an incident, or validating reports, the platform’s robust audit trail and traceability features ensure every data point is accountable. From bi-temporal history access to secure approval workflows, DataHub doesn’t just log changes — it makes data governance actionable and reliable.