title: Lifecycle Events - Monitoring & History category: Lifecycle Management tags: lifecycle, events, monitoring, history, audit priority: Normal

Lifecycle Events - Monitoring & History

Every lifecycle template execution in IdentityCenter generates a lifecycle event -- a detailed, immutable record of what happened, when, to whom, and by what trigger. The Lifecycle Events page provides operational visibility into your JML automation and serves as the primary audit trail for compliance reporting.

Accessing Lifecycle Events

Navigate to Administration > Lifecycle Management > Events (/admin/lifecycle/events) to view the lifecycle events dashboard. This page displays all lifecycle events across your organization, with filtering, sorting, and drill-down capabilities.

Event Structure

Each lifecycle event contains the following information:

Event Statuses

Filtering Events

The events page provides several filtering options to locate specific events:

Filter by Type

Filter by Status

Select one or more statuses to narrow results. Common filter combinations:

• Failed only -- Focus on events needing attention
• Pending + InProgress -- Monitor currently active events
• Completed -- Review successful executions for audit

Filter by Date Range

Filter by Identity

Search for events related to a specific identity by name, username, or employee ID.

Filter by Template

Select a specific template to see all events it has generated.

Event Detail View

Clicking on an event opens the detail view, which shows the complete execution log:

Action Execution Log

Each action within the event is recorded with:

Before/After Comparison

For Mover events, the detail view shows a before-and-after comparison of changed attributes:

Group Membership Changes

For events that modify group memberships, a dedicated section lists:

• Groups Added -- All groups the identity was added to
• Groups Removed -- All groups the identity was removed from
• Groups Unchanged -- Groups that were not affected (e.g., exclusion list)

Error Diagnostics

When an event fails, the detail view provides diagnostic information:

Common Failure Reasons

Error Details

Each failed action includes:

• Error Code -- Machine-readable error identifier
• Error Message -- Human-readable description
• Stack Trace -- Technical details for advanced troubleshooting
• Timestamp -- Exact time of failure
• Attempted Parameters -- The values that were used in the failed action

Retrying Failed Events

Failed events can be retried from the detail view:

1. Open the failed event
2. Review the error diagnostics
3. Resolve the underlying issue (e.g., fix a connection, create a missing OU)
4. Click Retry Failed Actions

The retry operation:

• Re-executes only the actions that failed
• Preserves the original event record and appends retry information
• Updates the event status upon successful retry
• Creates a new audit log entry for the retry attempt

Tip: You can also retry multiple failed events in bulk from the events list by selecting them and choosing Retry Selected.

Audit Trail for Compliance

Lifecycle events form a comprehensive audit trail that supports compliance requirements:

What is Recorded

• Who or what triggered the event (user, HR feed, schedule)
• When each action was executed (millisecond precision)
• What changes were made (before/after values)
• Whether each action succeeded or failed
• Who retried failed actions and when

Compliance Reporting

Use the events page to generate compliance evidence:

Exporting Events

Events can be exported for external audit tools or long-term archival:

Monitoring Best Practices

1. Check failed events daily -- Set up a morning review routine for the previous day's failures
2. Configure email alerts for failed Leaver events, as these represent the highest security risk
3. Review Pending events -- Events stuck in Pending status may indicate a scheduling or trigger issue
4. Track event volume trends -- Sudden spikes may indicate data quality problems in HR feeds
5. Archive events periodically -- Export and archive events older than your retention period
6. Use the dashboard widgets on the main Lifecycle page for at-a-glance status
7. Investigate CompletedWithWarnings events -- warnings may indicate non-critical issues that could become failures

Event Retention

Events past the retention period are automatically archived (if configured) and then removed from the active database.

Next Steps

• Lifecycle Management Overview -- Return to the lifecycle overview
• Joiner Templates -- Configure onboarding automation
• Mover Templates -- Configure transfer automation
• Leaver Templates -- Configure offboarding automation
• HR Integration Overview -- Set up the HR feed that triggers lifecycle events
• Dashboard & Reporting -- View lifecycle metrics on the admin dashboard