Overview
A site log is a running record you design yourself. You name it, give it up to five columns, and then add a row each time there's something to record.
Use it for the recurring tracking a form doesn't cover — dewatering readings, deliveries, rainfall observations, visitor sign-ins, equipment checks.
You set up the log once. After that you're just adding rows.
Before You Begin
You need a role on the site that allows editing — Editor, Inspector, or Backup Inspector. A Viewer can read a log and export it, but not add to it.
Know roughly what columns you want. Columns can be renamed or added later. Avoid removing a column once the log has entries: the entries don't move with the headings, so values can end up under the wrong column titles or drop out of view.
Creating the Log
Open the site.
Under Documentation, expand Logs.
Click + Create new log. The Add Site Log page opens.
Naming It and Setting the Date
Fill in Log Title. This is required and becomes the log's name everywhere — the heading, and the filename when you export it.
Set Date. This defaults to today and is the log's own date, not the date of any entry.
Defining the Columns
Every log starts with one column.
Fill in Column 1 Title.
Click Add Column for each additional column, and title it.
You can have up to five columns. Once you have five, Add Column disappears.
Every column title is required. To remove one, use the bin icon beside its title — available once you have more than one column.
💡 Log entries carry no automatic timestamp. If entries need a date or time against them, one of your columns has to supply it.
Saving the Log
Click Add.
The log now appears under Logs on the site page.
Adding Entries
Under Logs, open the log. The page is titled with your log's name.
The top row of the table is blank and ready for typing. Fill in whichever cells apply — you don't have to complete the row.
Click the tick icon at the end of the row to save it.
Saved entries appear in the table below. One cell is enough — the only row ComplianceGo won't save is a completely empty one.
To cancel a row you're part-way through, click the × icon.
Editing or Removing an Entry
Each saved row has two icons:
edit (pencil) — makes the row editable. Change the cells, then click the tick to save or × to cancel.
delete (bin) — asks Remove Log Entry / Permanently remove this log entry?
⚠️ Removing an entry is permanent. There's no undo and no history of removed rows. The edit icon changes a row's values in place without destroying it.
Exporting the Log
Open the log and click Export.
You get a CSV named after the log, with your column titles as headers and every entry as a row.
Changing a Log's Structure
Open the log's settings from Logs on the site page. The page is titled Edit Site Log.
You can rename the log, change its date, rename columns, and add or remove columns.
⚠️ Don't remove a column from a log that already has entries. Removing a column removes its title but not its values. Entries stay where they are, so the values in any columns after it end up under the wrong headings, and the last column's values drop out of view and out of the export. Renaming a column is safe: existing entries keep their values under the new heading.
What Happens Next
The log stays on the site, with all its entries, until someone who can edit it deletes it with the bin icon on its card under Logs. Deleting a log is permanent.
Logs don't generate notifications and don't appear on the dashboard. Nothing reminds anyone to fill one in.
Anyone with access to the site can read it and export it.
FAQ
Q: There's no Create new log link.
A: Your role on this site doesn't allow editing — a Viewer can read and export a log but not change it. Ask an editor on the site.
Q: I can't save the log setup.
A: Log Title and every column title are required. Fill in all of them.
Q: Add Column has disappeared.
A: You already have five columns, which is the maximum. Remove one, or use a second log.
Q: A row won't save.
A: The row is completely empty. ComplianceGo tells you "At least one of the fields must have something in it." — fill in any one cell and it saves.
Q: My entries have no date on them.
A: Log entries aren't timestamped automatically. Add a date column and fill it in per row.
Q: The exported file has an odd name.
A: The CSV is named after the Log Title. Rename the log on Edit Site Log and export again.
Q: I removed an entry by mistake.
A: Removal is permanent and there's no history of removed rows, so it has to be re-entered. Export regularly if the log is important.
Q: Will anyone be reminded to fill the log in?
A: No. Logs don't notify anyone and don't appear on the dashboard.
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