How to Track User Login in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

 

How to Track User Login in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Tracking user logins in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is essential for maintaining security and ensuring accountability within your organization. Fortunately, Business Central provides a straightforward method to monitor when users log in and out, but it requires proper setup to start capturing this data. This blog post guides you through enabling and checking user login data in Business Central.

 

Step 1: Enable Time Registration in General Ledger Setup

To start tracking user logins, the first step involves enabling the time registration feature. This setting is found in the General Ledger Setup:

Step 2: Configure User Setup

After updating the General Ledger Setup, you need to ensure that each user account is configured to have their login times registered:

 

Go to User Setup.

For each user, verify that the Register Time setting is enabled.

Step 3: Viewing User Login Data

Once you have enabled the necessary settings, users can begin to check their login times or administrators can review login data for compliance or auditing purposes:

 

Access the User Time Register page.

This page will display a log of all user login and logout times, providing you with detailed session information.

If after setting up these configurations you find that the login data is not appearing in the User Time Register:

 

A simple and effective troubleshooting step is to log out of Business Central and then log back in. This action can help refresh the session settings and start recording the login times based on the new configurations.

Tracking user login times in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a valuable tool for administrators to monitor user activities and enhance system security. By following these steps to enable and configure time registration, your organization can take full advantage of this feature to maintain a secure and compliant operational environment. Remember, if data isn't appearing as expected, a quick re-login might just be the solution you need.

 

 

 

 

 

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