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The steps to understand audit date ranges and evidence sampling depend on your interface version. Select a link to skip to the instructions for your version.
Customers who joined Drata on or after Feb 24, 2026 are automatically on the New Experience.
Instructions for the New Experience ⬇️
Auditors can see only the evidence that falls within the audit date range and has been sampled for the audit. If evidence appears missing, blank, or outdated, it's usually because of how the audit period or evidence sampling is configured.
What controls auditor access to evidence
Auditor access to evidence is controlled by you, not the auditor. Two things determine what auditors can see: the audit date range and evidence sampling.
Common scenarios and how to fix them
Auditor reports missing or blank evidence: Check the sampled date. If the auditor sampled a future date, no automated test evidence will exist yet. Ask the auditor to re-sample after the date has passed.
New evidence uploaded outside the audit date range:
Update the audit date range to include the new evidence date
Notify the auditor that the range has been updated
The auditor must re-sample the evidence package
Updating the audit date range
Open the Audit page.
Select the edit icon next to the audit period.
Update the start or end date as needed.
Save your changes.
Instructions for the Classic Experience ⬇️
As a Drata customer, you control the scope of evidence that your auditor has access to in their Audit Hub. When you create an audit in Drata, you can select a date range for the audit, and then the auditor has access to your evidence within that range.
Key points:
You control evidence access, not the auditor: Auditors can only access evidence within the date range you set for the audit.
New evidence uploads: If you upload evidence outside the set date range, your auditor won't have access to it unless you adjust the range.
Auditor reports missing evidence: Confirm whether the auditor requested a date outside of the range you set. If they requested within the date range, ensure that they have resampled a new evidence package.
Setting the Audit Date Range
When creating an audit in Drata, you select a specific date range. Your auditor can only access evidence within this range. To view or update the audit date range:
On the Audit Hub page, select the edit icon near the Audit period field.