Reports Overview
This guide walks you through how to use the Reports section in ark to monitor platform activity across contacts, investors, emails, documents, and logins. These tools are helpful for reconciliation, tracking changes, and managing audits.
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What You’ll Learn
By the end of this guide, you’ll be able to:
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Run audit reports to track changes to contact and investor records
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Review email delivery results and document downloads
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Identify login activity and failed access attempts
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Monitor investor actions, such as K-1 acceptance
Who Can Use This Feature
- Ark Client Admin users
- Basic Admin users (with appropriate permissions)
Step-by-Step: Using the Reports Section
- Navigate to the Reports Section
From the left-hand menu in the admin portal, select Reports. - Select a Report to Run
You can choose from multiple reports:- K-1 Accept/Decline Audit
Track which contacts or investors accepted their K-1s and when. - Contact Record Audit
Review edits to contact records. Includes:- Change date and type (created, updated, removed, etc.)
- Field edited, old value, and new value
- Username of the person who made the change
- Investor Record Audit
View changes to investor records with the same detailed format as the Contact Record Audit. - Login Audit
See login attempts to the client portal. Includes:
- Timestamp
- Success/failure indicator
- Reason for failure (e.g., incorrect password or email)
- Contact Email Delivery Results Audit
Review outgoing client emails such as:
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Welcome messages
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Password reset confirmations
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Capital call and distribution notices
Each email entry includes:- Timestamp (UTC-0)
- Sender and recipient
- Subject
- Delivery status (success/failure)
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- Document Audit
Track who viewed or downloaded which documents. Includes:
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Timestamped access
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Username
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Number of page views, prints, searches, or text copies
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- K-1 Accept/Decline Audit
FAQ
Q: Why does the timestamp look off in the Contact Email Delivery Results Audit?
A: All timestamps are shown in UTC-0.
Q: Who has access to these reports?
A: Only Admin users with the correct permissions will be able to access and run these audit reports.
Next Steps
- Explore other reporting tools under General Ledger > Reports for transaction-level visibility.
- Need support? Email us at support@arkpes.com - we're here to help.