Trash & Audit Log

Bring back what was deleted, and see who changed what

13.1 The Trash

Deleted entries stay for 30 days and can be restored. After that they are removed permanently.

Deleting a dish, a category, or a sub-category does not destroy it. The Trash tab keeps it, sorted into three groups: Dishes, Categories, and Sub-categories. Each entry shows how long it has been there and how much time is left (“3 days ago · 27 days left”).

Button	What happens
Restore	The entry comes back into the menu exactly where it was
Delete forever	Removes it now. You are asked to confirm
Empty trash	Clears everything at once. You are asked to confirm

Delete without fear, but check the Trash before recreating

If a dish is missing from the menu, look here first. Restoring keeps its photo, its description, and its translations, whereas creating it again means typing all of that a second time.

Who sees it

Owner and Manager. Kitchen, service, and cashier accounts do not.

13.2 The Audit log

Who changed what, and when. Immutable, with a tamper-evident chain.

Column	Shows
When	Date and time
Who	Owner, a member of staff by name, a guest, the system, or miraTEQ Support
What	What happened and to what, for example “Changed · Dish” or “Moved to trash · Category”. Sign-ins and accounts are written out: “Signed in”, “Signed out”, “Password changed”, “Account created”, “Account changed”, “Account deleted”
Detail	For dishes and categories the number and what changed, old → new. For accounts the name and the change, for example “Anna · Kitchen → Service · new PIN”. For sign-ins the way in or the reason, for example “PIN” or “wrong password”

An action that was refused or that failed is marked “denied” or “failed”, so an attempt never looks like a change that went through. A wrong password, for example, shows as “Sign-in failed”.

“Refused” next to “Access” means a device was still signed in, but its account no longer counts. It is inactive, deleted or has a new PIN, or your password has changed. The device is signed out, the detail shows name and reason, for example “Anna · inactive” (Chapter 9.3).

Most entries disappear after 12 months. Anything about accounts, miraTEQ support and your password stays for 36 months.

13.3 The two warnings

The log watches itself and says so when something looks wrong:

Warning	What it means
“Warning: the audit log was tampered with. Please review immediately.”	The chain is broken. Contact miraTEQ the same day
“Warning: [n] entries were deleted in a short time. Please review.”	Somebody deleted a lot at once. Usually a clear-out before a new menu, occasionally not. Worth a look either way

Owner only

Only the owner sees the audit log, not the manager. That is deliberate: it records what managers and staff do.