diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/components/ui/grids/TabbedGridPanel.java b/src/org/labkey/test/components/ui/grids/TabbedGridPanel.java
index beb2d0cbe6..a3132e9d45 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/components/ui/grids/TabbedGridPanel.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/components/ui/grids/TabbedGridPanel.java
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ public Map<String, Integer> getTabsWithCounts()
     }
 
 
-    private boolean isSelected(String tabText)
+    public boolean isSelected(String tabText)
     {
         String tabClass = elementCache().navTab(tabText).getAttribute("class");
-        return tabClass.toLowerCase().contains("active");
+        return tabClass != null && tabClass.toLowerCase().contains("active");
     }
 
     public QueryGrid selectGrid(String tabText)
diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/params/experiment/SampleTypeDefinition.java b/src/org/labkey/test/params/experiment/SampleTypeDefinition.java
index 5ec903a07a..16e30b2568 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/params/experiment/SampleTypeDefinition.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/params/experiment/SampleTypeDefinition.java
@@ -186,6 +186,17 @@ public SampleTypeDefinition addParentAlias(@NotNull String columnName)
         return addParentAlias(columnName, SampleTypeDesigner.CURRENT_SAMPLE_TYPE);
     }
 
+
+    public FieldDefinition getFieldByNamePart(String namePart)
+    {
+        for (FieldDefinition field : _fields)
+        {
+            if (field.isNamePartMatch(namePart))
+                return field;
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No field found with name part: " + namePart);
+    }
+
     /*
     DomainProps
      */
diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/util/AuditLogHelper.java b/src/org/labkey/test/util/AuditLogHelper.java
index f684b03d0c..97ddce324e 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/util/AuditLogHelper.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/util/AuditLogHelper.java
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
 
 public class AuditLogHelper
 {
+    public static final String COL_FILE_AUDIT_FILE = "File";
+    public static final String COL_FILE_AUDIT_PROVIDED_FILE = "ProvidedFileName";
+    public static final String COL_FILE_AUDIT_FIELD_NAME = "FieldName";
+    public static final String COL_FILE_AUDIT_DIRECTORY = "Directory";
+    // commonly used fields for validating file audit events
+    public static final List<String> FILE_AUDIT_COLUMNS = List.of(
+            AuditLogHelper.COL_FILE_AUDIT_FILE,
+            AuditLogHelper.COL_FILE_AUDIT_PROVIDED_FILE,
+            AuditLogHelper.COL_FILE_AUDIT_FIELD_NAME,
+            AuditLogHelper.COL_FILE_AUDIT_DIRECTORY,
+            "Container",
+            "Comment"
+    );
+
     private final WebDriverWrapper _wrapper;
     private final ConnectionSupplier _connectionSupplier;
 
@@ -53,11 +67,13 @@ public AuditLogHelper(WebDriverWrapper wrapper)
     public enum AuditEvent
     {
         SAMPLE_TIMELINE_EVENT("SampleTimelineEvent"),
-        SOURCES_AUDIT_EVENT("SourcesAuditEvent"),
+        SOURCES_AUDIT_EVENT("SourcesAuditEvent"), // avaialble with SampleManagement module
         INVENTORY_AUDIT_EVENT("InventoryAuditEvent"),
         LIST_AUDIT_EVENT("ListAuditEvent"),
+        ASSAY_AUDIT_EVENT("AssayAuditEvent"), // avaialble with SampleManagement module
         EXPERIMENT_AUDIT_EVENT("ExperimentAuditEvent"),
-        SAMPLE_WORKFLOW_AUDIT_EVENT("SamplesWorkflowAuditEvent");
+        SAMPLE_WORKFLOW_AUDIT_EVENT("SamplesWorkflowAuditEvent"),
+        FILE_SYSTEM_EVENT("FileSystem");
 
         private final String _name;
 
@@ -124,12 +140,13 @@ public DataRegionTable goToAuditEventView(String eventType)
      * @throws CommandException Can be thrown by the SelectRowsCommand.
      */
     public SelectRowsResponse getAuditLogsFromLKS(String containerPath, AuditEvent auditEventName, List<String> columnNames,
-                                                         List<Filter> filters, @Nullable Integer maxRows, @Nullable ContainerFilter containerFilter) throws IOException, CommandException
+                                                        @Nullable List<Filter> filters, @Nullable Integer maxRows, @Nullable ContainerFilter containerFilter) throws IOException, CommandException
     {
         SelectRowsCommand cmd = new SelectRowsCommand("auditLog", auditEventName.getName());
         cmd.setColumns(columnNames);
         cmd.addFilter("ProjectId/Name", _wrapper.getCurrentProject(), Filter.Operator.EQUAL);
-        filters.forEach(cmd::addFilter);
+        if (filters != null)
+            filters.forEach(cmd::addFilter);
         if (maxRows != null)
             cmd.setMaxRows(maxRows);
         if (containerFilter != null)
@@ -149,10 +166,27 @@ public void checkAuditEventValuesForTransactionId(String containerPath, AuditEve
         List<String> columnNames = expectedValues.keySet().stream().map(Object::toString).toList();
         List<Map<String, Object>> events = getAuditLogsForTransactionId(containerPath, auditEventName, columnNames, transactionId, ContainerFilter.CurrentAndSubfolders);
         assertEquals("Unexpected number of events for transactionId " + transactionId, rowCount, events.size());
-        for (Map<String, Object> event : events)
+        for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++)
         {
             for (String key : columnNames)
-                assertEquals("Event value for " + key + " not as expected", expectedValues.get(key), event.get(key));
+                assertEquals("Event " + i + " value for " + key + " not as expected", expectedValues.get(key), events.get(i).get(key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void checkAuditEventValuesForTransactionId(String containerPath, AuditEvent auditEventName, Integer transactionId, List<Map<String, Object>> expectedValues) throws IOException, CommandException
+    {
+        List<String> columnNames = expectedValues.get(0).keySet().stream().map(Object::toString).toList();
+        checkAuditEventValuesForTransactionId(containerPath, auditEventName, columnNames, transactionId, expectedValues);
+    }
+
+    public void checkAuditEventValuesForTransactionId(String containerPath, AuditEvent auditEventName, List<String> columnNames, Integer transactionId, List<Map<String, Object>> expectedValues) throws IOException, CommandException
+    {
+        List<Map<String, Object>> events = getAuditLogsForTransactionId(containerPath, auditEventName, columnNames, transactionId, ContainerFilter.CurrentAndSubfolders);
+        assertEquals("Unexpected number of events for transactionId " + transactionId, expectedValues.size(), events.size());
+        for (int i = 0; i < expectedValues.size(); i++)
+        {
+            for (String key : expectedValues.get(i).keySet())
+                assertEquals("Event " + i  + " value for " + key + " not as expected", expectedValues.get(i).get(key), events.get(i).get(key));
         }
     }