How to Find The Transaction ID in an Event Log - What is it Used For - When and How to Use It
Jan 22, 2026
Administration
Okta Identity Engine
Overview
Applies To
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Okta System Logs
Solution
What is a Transaction ID, and what is it used for?
- A Transaction ID can be used to identify every event that happens for a single job or transaction.
- This can broaden the scope of filtering when searching for specific events.
- Find this in the system logs, under an expanded log, under the Event > System > Transaction > ID.
- Click or copy and paste the transaction ID and add this to a search query in the system log to find all events associated with this transaction ID.
Example:
Below, an example of a Group Assignment via a Group rule will be used. Let us say that a group of users was unexpectedly assigned to a group. Using a Transaction ID, it is possible to find all users assigned to the group via the Group Rule and also determine which rule triggered the issue.
- First, find a user account that was affected. In this example, the account "Hermione Granger" will be used.
- Head over to the account in the People tab, and click View logs.
- Select the log that added the user to the group and expand the event.
- Scroll down and look for the transaction ID (in this example, the transaction ID is eruvjxl02RUIYaFu13l6).
- Copy this transaction ID and paste it into the search field, and search.
- Based on this, it is possible to see all transactions from this ID and determine the Group rule that triggered the group assignment.
