diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/auditLog.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/auditLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b72c135799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/auditLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import {
+  Event,
+  AuditLogSearchParams,
+  AuditLogFilterEvent,
+  AuditLogDownloadEvent,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+import { publishEvent } from "../events"
+
+async function filtered(search: AuditLogSearchParams) {
+  const properties: AuditLogFilterEvent = {
+    filters: search,
+  }
+  await publishEvent(Event.AUDIT_LOG_FILTER, properties)
+}
+
+async function download(search: AuditLogSearchParams) {
+  const properties: AuditLogDownloadEvent = {
+    filters: search,
+  }
+  await publishEvent(Event.AUDIT_LOG_DOWNLOAD, properties)
+}
+
+export default {
+  filtered,
+  download,
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/index.ts
index 34e47b2990..87a34bf3f1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ export { default as group } from "./group"
 export { default as plugin } from "./plugin"
 export { default as backup } from "./backup"
 export { default as environmentVariable } from "./environmentVariable"
+export { default as auditLog } from "./auditLog"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
index 41bb5f022a..8ce0e742d2 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { Event, AuditedEventFriendlyName } from "../../../sdk"
-import { PaginationResponse, PaginationRequest } from "../"
+import {
+  PaginationResponse,
+  PaginationRequest,
+  BasicPaginationRequest,
+} from "../"
 import { User, App } from "../../../"
 
 export interface AuditLogSearchParams {
@@ -9,12 +13,13 @@ export interface AuditLogSearchParams {
   startDate?: string
   endDate?: string
   fullSearch?: string
+  bookmark?: string
 }
 
 export interface DownloadAuditLogsRequest extends AuditLogSearchParams {}
 
 export interface SearchAuditLogsRequest
-  extends PaginationRequest,
+  extends BasicPaginationRequest,
     AuditLogSearchParams {}
 
 export enum AuditLogResourceStatus {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/pagination.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/pagination.ts
index ca640d58db..ae4c56971a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/pagination.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/pagination.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ export enum SortType {
   number = "number",
 }
 
-export interface PaginationRequest {
-  limit?: number
+export interface BasicPaginationRequest {
   bookmark?: string
+}
+
+export interface PaginationRequest extends BasicPaginationRequest {
+  limit?: number
   sort?: {
     order: SortOrder
     column: string
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
index 35d198ccb2..092253d63a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Nano from "@budibase/nano"
 import { AllDocsResponse, AnyDocument, Document } from "../"
+import { Writable } from "stream"
 
 export type PouchOptions = {
   inMemory?: boolean
@@ -63,6 +64,18 @@ export const isDocument = (doc: any): doc is Document => {
   return typeof doc === "object" && doc._id && doc._rev
 }
 
+export interface DatabaseDumpOpts {
+  filter?: (doc: AnyDocument) => boolean
+  batch_size?: number
+  batch_limit?: number
+  style?: "main_only" | "all_docs"
+  timeout?: number
+  doc_ids?: string[]
+  query_params?: any
+  view?: string
+  selector?: any
+}
+
 export interface Database {
   name: string
 
@@ -87,7 +100,7 @@ export interface Database {
   compact(): Promise<Nano.OkResponse | void>
   // these are all PouchDB related functions that are rarely used - in future
   // should be replaced by better typed/non-pouch implemented methods
-  dump(...args: any[]): Promise<any>
+  dump(stream: Writable, opts?: DatabaseDumpOpts): Promise<any>
   load(...args: any[]): Promise<any>
   createIndex(...args: any[]): Promise<any>
   deleteIndex(...args: any[]): Promise<any>
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/events/auditLog.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/auditLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5e3208536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/auditLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { BaseEvent } from "./event"
+import { AuditLogSearchParams } from "../../api"
+
+export interface AuditLogFilterEvent extends BaseEvent {
+  filters: AuditLogSearchParams
+}
+
+export interface AuditLogDownloadEvent extends BaseEvent {
+  filters: AuditLogSearchParams
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/events/event.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/event.ts
index 1be0ea2bdf..119ae4ad7a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/events/event.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/event.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ export enum Event {
   ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_CREATED = "environment_variable:created",
   ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_DELETED = "environment_variable:deleted",
   ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_UPGRADE_PANEL_OPENED = "environment_variable:upgrade_panel_opened",
+
+  // AUDIT LOG
+  AUDIT_LOG_FILTER = "audit_log:filter",
+  AUDIT_LOG_DOWNLOAD = "audit_log:download",
 }
 
 // all events that are not audited have been added to this record as undefined, this means
@@ -356,6 +360,10 @@ export const AuditedEventFriendlyName: Record<Event, string | undefined> = {
   [Event.INSTALLATION_VERSION_UPGRADED]: undefined,
   [Event.INSTALLATION_VERSION_DOWNGRADED]: undefined,
   [Event.INSTALLATION_FIRST_STARTUP]: undefined,
+
+  // AUDIT LOG - NOT AUDITED
+  [Event.AUDIT_LOG_FILTER]: undefined,
+  [Event.AUDIT_LOG_DOWNLOAD]: undefined,
 }
 
 // properties added at the final stage of the event pipeline
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/events/index.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/index.ts
index 009d9beac4..745f84d2a3 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/events/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/events/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ export * from "./userGroup"
 export * from "./plugin"
 export * from "./backup"
 export * from "./environmentVariable"
+export * from "./auditLog"