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Journals

A journal is where you write your own timestamped notes about an object - context, decisions, who-did-what-and-why. It's the human counterpart to the automatic change log: the change log records what changed; the journal records what people want to say about it.

Adding a note

  1. Open the object (a prefix, IP, device, …) and go to its Journal tab.
  2. Type your note in the box at the top.
  3. Pick a kind to colour the note - info, success, warning, or danger.
  4. Click Add note.

Notes appear newest-first, each showing its kind, the author, and the time.

Editing and deleting

You can edit or delete your own notes; an administrator can edit or delete any. The edit and delete controls only show on notes you're allowed to change.

Author is preserved

A note keeps the author's name even if that user account is later removed, so the history stays intact.

Which objects have a journal

The operational objects that have a detail page with history - prefixes, IP addresses, devices, sites, VLANs, VRFs, cables, and interfaces - each have a Journal tab next to their Change log.