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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2024-05-16T16:29:31Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="2701" ns="0" title="Pay Date Comment Import" pageid="626" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-07-11T19:29:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3177" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2700" ns="0" title="Import" pageid="28" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-07-11T19:26:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3176" prev="3175" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2699" ns="0" title="Import" pageid="28" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-07-11T19:20:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3175" prev="3145" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2698" ns="0" title="Payroll Export" pageid="75" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-06-27T18:50:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3174" prev="3173" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2697" ns="0" title="Payroll Export" pageid="75" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-06-27T18:48:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3173" prev="3085" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2696" ns="0" title="Custom Configuration" pageid="544" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-06-19T21:50:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3172" prev="3155" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2695" ns="0" title="Accrual Groups Configuration" pageid="46" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-06-19T19:25:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3171" prev="2861" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2694" ns="0" title="Schedule Based Restrictions" pageid="530" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Joel" timestamp="2024-05-20T20:43:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3170" prev="3141" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2693" ns="0" title="Employee Accruals" pageid="101" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jeffrey" timestamp="2024-05-16T16:51:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3169" prev="3168" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2692" ns="0" title="Employee Accruals" pageid="101" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jeffrey" timestamp="2024-05-16T16:47:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3168" prev="3046" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>