Admin Audit Activity Events - Application Settings

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This document lists the events and parameters for Application Settings Admin Audit activity events. You can retrieve these events by calling Activities.list() with applicationName=admin.

Application Settings

Events of this type are returned with type=APPLICATION_SETTINGS.

Application Setting Change

Event details
Event name CHANGE_APPLICATION_SETTING
Parameters
APPLICATION_EDITION

string

The Google Workspace edition.

APPLICATION_NAME

string

The application's name.

GROUP_EMAIL

string

The group's primary email address.

NEW_VALUE

string

The new SETTING_NAME value that was set during this event.

OLD_VALUE

string

The previous SETTING_NAME value that was replaced during this event.

ORG_UNIT_NAME

string

The organizational unit (OU) name (path).

SETTING_NAME

string

The unique name (ID) of the setting that was changed.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=CHANGE_APPLICATION_SETTING&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
For {APPLICATION_NAME}, {SETTING_NAME} changed from {OLD_VALUE} to {NEW_VALUE}

Application Setting Creation

Event details
Event name CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING
Parameters
APPLICATION_EDITION

string

The Google Workspace edition.

APPLICATION_NAME

string

The application's name.

GROUP_EMAIL

string

The group's primary email address.

NEW_VALUE

string

The new SETTING_NAME value that was set during this event.

ORG_UNIT_NAME

string

The organizational unit (OU) name (path).

SETTING_NAME

string

The unique name (ID) of the setting that was changed.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
For {APPLICATION_NAME}, {SETTING_NAME} created with value {NEW_VALUE}

Application Setting Deletion

Event details
Event name DELETE_APPLICATION_SETTING
Parameters
APPLICATION_EDITION

string

The Google Workspace edition.

APPLICATION_NAME

string

The application's name.

GROUP_EMAIL

string

The group's primary email address.

OLD_VALUE

string

The previous SETTING_NAME value that was replaced during this event.

ORG_UNIT_NAME

string

The organizational unit (OU) name (path).

SETTING_NAME

string

The unique name (ID) of the setting that was changed.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=DELETE_APPLICATION_SETTING&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
For {APPLICATION_NAME}, {SETTING_NAME} with value {OLD_VALUE} deleted

Application Setting Group Priorities Change

Event details
Event name REORDER_GROUP_BASED_POLICIES_EVENT
Parameters
APPLICATION_NAME

string

The application's name.

GROUP_PRIORITIES

string

Group priorities.

SETTING_NAME

string

The unique name (ID) of the setting that was changed.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=REORDER_GROUP_BASED_POLICIES_EVENT&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
For {APPLICATION_NAME}, group override priorities for {SETTING_NAME} changed to {GROUP_PRIORITIES}.

Google+ Premium Features

Event details
Event name GPLUS_PREMIUM_FEATURES
Parameters
DOMAIN_NAME

string

The primary domain name.

NEW_VALUE

string

The new SETTING_NAME value that was set during this event.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=GPLUS_PREMIUM_FEATURES&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
Premium features for Google+ service for your organization changed to {NEW_VALUE}

Managed configuration is created

Event details
Event name CREATE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION
Parameters
MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME

string

The parameter specifying the name of the managed configuration.

MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID

string

The mobile application package ID.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=CREATE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
Managed configuration with name {MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME} is created for android application {MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID}.

Managed configuration is deleted

Event details
Event name DELETE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION
Parameters
MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME

string

The parameter specifying the name of the managed configuration.

MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID

string

The mobile application package ID.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=DELETE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
Managed configuration with name {MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME} is deleted for android application {MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID}.

Managed configuration is updated

Event details
Event name UPDATE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION
Parameters
MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME

string

The parameter specifying the name of the managed configuration.

MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID

string

The mobile application package ID.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=UPDATE_MANAGED_CONFIGURATION&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
Managed configuration with name {MANAGED_CONFIGURATION_NAME} is updated for android application {MOBILE_APP_PACKAGE_ID}.
Event details
Event name FLASHLIGHT_EDU_NON_FEATURED_SERVICES_SELECTED
Parameters
FLASHLIGHT_EDU_NON_FEATURED_SERVICES_SELECTION

string

Non-Featured Services Selection. Possible values:

  • FLASHLIGHT_EDU_SELECTION_MANUAL
  • FLASHLIGHT_EDU_SELECTION_TURN_OFF_ALL
  • FLASHLIGHT_EDU_SELECTION_TURN_OFF_ALL_EXCEPT_PLAY
Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=FLASHLIGHT_EDU_NON_FEATURED_SERVICES_SELECTED&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
{FLASHLIGHT_EDU_NON_FEATURED_SERVICES_SELECTION} selection was made for Non-Featured Services.

Update Smart features and personalization

Event details
Event name UPDATE_SMART_FEATURES
Parameters
NEW_VALUE

string

The new SETTING_NAME value that was set during this event.

Sample request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/admin?eventName=UPDATE_SMART_FEATURES&maxResults=10&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Admin Console message format
Smart features and personalization setting has been updated to {NEW_VALUE}