# What is ORIGINATING\_CONTEXT = 0

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369 "2023-02-27T16:11:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![DNice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@DNice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DNice)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369/1 "2023-02-27T16:11:29Z")

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My AUDIT\_EVENTS table shows many ORIGINATING\_CONTEXT = 0 records but this is not translated in the [documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Ignition+Database+Table+Reference). Filtering my audit log by ORIGINATING\_CONTEXT = 0 shows most of the actions relating to the gateway such as report execution and config changes, but I am also seeing tag write actions.

Is this 0 value missing from documentation or is something off with my setup?

Documentation:  
[![Orig_Cont](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/3/939c8d7e5c43b146138e32d36400a1c31383e3e1.jpeg)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Ignition+Database+Table+Reference)

My AUDIT\_EVENTS counts by ORIGINATING\_CONTEXT :  
 ![Orig_Cont2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/b/ebccfa47e963d701818f8c63bc63fd09eadae5ad.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369/2 "2023-02-27T16:24:34Z")

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Originating context of 0 is _likely_ paired with an actor of 'unknown', meaning that the events happened, were logged, but (for whatever reason) we weren't able to tie them to a specific actor or originating system. The documentation could probably be more clear on this point.

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**Author:** ![DNice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@DNice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DNice)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369/3 "2023-02-27T18:42:10Z")

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Thanks for the explanation. You are correct that \>50% of the records have Actor = 'Unknown', but the rest are my account and 'Scheduled Report'. All of the records have Actor\_HOST = 'Unkonwn'.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-originating-context-0/70369/4 "2023-02-27T18:53:10Z")

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Ah, yeah. That's a mistake on our part; a scheduled report should certainly be considered a gateway scoped action. I'll make a ticket to get that fixed.