# Viewing Events in the Dashboard

Source: https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/developer-resources/viewing-events-in-the-dashboard

# Viewing Events in the Dashboard

Webhooks are backed by events. An event is recorded whenever something happens in your account — a mandate is created, a payment fails due to insufficient funds, a subscription is cancelled. **Events are recorded whether they're triggered through the API or the dashboard.**

You can browse your events from the dashboard as a helpful audit trail.

> **Info: Events archiving**
> Events older than 18 months will be archived and won't appear in the events list below or on
>   resource timelines (e.g. a payment's payment history), starting 1 August 2026 (sandbox) and 1
>   October 2026 (live). Contact GoCardless Support for archived data.

Go to [manage.gocardless.com/events](https://manage.gocardless.com/events) or click **Events** in the left-hand navigation.

![Events in the dashboard](/images/docs/developer-resources/viewing-events-in-the-dashboard/viewing_events_in_the_dashboard.png)

You'll see a filterable list of events — filter by resource type, action, and date. Click any event to navigate to the associated resource.

## What's next?

  
#### [Testing Webhooks (Dashboard)](/docs/developer-resources/testing-webhooks-dashboard)

Send test webhooks and inspect request/response details.

  
#### [Scenario Simulators](/docs/developer-resources/scenario-simulators)

Trigger events and webhooks by simulating mandate, payment, and outbound payment scenarios.