Best way to "Include" related entity properties about audit.net

[thepirat000]

You can access the DbContext inside your custom action with

.AuditEntityAction<AuditLog>((ev, entry, auditEntity) =>
{
    var dbContext = entry.GetEntry().Context;
    // ...
});

So I guess you could explicitly load the related entities with:

dbContext.Entry(entity).Reference(e => e.Unit).Load();
dbContext.Entry(entity).Reference(e => e.Status).Load();

[thepirat000]

You can access the object being updated from the AuditEntityAction, for example:

Audit.Core.Configuration.Setup()
    .UseEntityFramework(ef => ef
        .AuditTypeMapper(t => typeof(AuditLog))
        .AuditEntityAction<AuditLog>((ev, entry, auditEntity) =>
            {
                // Since "IncludeEntityObjects" is configured, we can get the entity from entry.Entity
                // (otherwise, you could use entry.GetEntry().Entity)
                if (entry.Entity is Entity entity)
                {
                    var status = entity.Status;
                    var unit = entity.Unit;

                    // do whatever you need with the Status and Unit objects
                }
                auditEntity.ActionType = entry.Action;
                ...
            }
        )
        .IgnoreMatchedProperties(true)
    );

[AndreOGodoy]

I tried that, but the object come as null

I found that if I .Include(e => e.Status) before calling await context.SavesChangesAsync(), it will load correctly! But, will this imply that I need to Include all sub-entities before?

Could I somehow load the dbcontext inside the AuditEntityAction, and include as needed, to avoid loading tons of unrelated properties? If yes, how? I have an idea on how to implement the second part, but currently having problems instantiating the db context there