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mxoh
Collaborator | Level 10
8 years ago
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Dropbox Standard Plan Activity Log

Could I ask how the standard plan activity log looks like? It says up to folder level which means that we can see activities up to sub-folder levels and not file level or is it only root folder level...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    8 years ago
    There are some differences in the logs between a Dropbox Business subscription on the Standard or Advanced/Enterprise plans.
     
    Firstly is the initial screen, you can see that Advanced allows you to immediately filter based on a file or folder:
     
    Standard log
     
    Advanced log
    ---
     
    Then there are the filter differences, note that Advanced has 17 more File filters:
     
    Standard filters
     
     
     
    Advanced filters
     
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    Iā€™ve listed the items visible in the Advanced log, but not the Standard log in alphabetical order:
     
    - Added a file
    - Added a folder
    - Copied a file
    - Copied a folder
    - Deleted a file
    - Deleted a folder
    - Downloaded files
    - Edited files
    - Moved a file
    - Moved a folder
    - Previewed files
    - Renamed a file
    - Renamed a folder
    - Restored a file
    - Restored a folder
    - Reverted files to a previous version
    - Rolled back file changes
     
    Hopefully this should clarify matters for you!
mxoh's avatar
mxoh
Collaborator | Level 10
8 years ago
Thanks Sanchez and Jay for the responses! A final question though for the Standard Plan audit, there is no way to filter even by folder for the Activity? Because I was under the impression that Standard Plan filters up to folder level and Advanced Plan filters up to file level.
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Sanchez
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8 years ago
Hey again, mxoh, 

Iā€™ve just opened up our Standard account, and typed the word File in the Activity search box. There were many filter options that included the word File. Among them were: 
  • downloaded a file
  • downloaded file/folder from a link (non-team member)
  • downloaded a team memberā€™s file/folder from a link
So, this type of file-level activity is indeed trackable! 
Cheers! 
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    mxoh
    Collaborator | Level 10
    8 years ago
    Sanchez OK now I am confused because I thought Downloaded Files are not in Standard Plan. Or is there a difference between Downloaded files and Downloaded a file? Because I pulled out my Activity of Advanced Plan and see these 2 activities counted separately.
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      Sanchez
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      8 years ago
      Hey again, mxoh, 

      What Dropbox Business plan are you currently on? 

      Hereā€™s a list of all 41 Activity filters for ā€œFile and Filesā€ on a Standard Business account:
      1. file added to a showcase
      2. file downloaded (non-team member) from a showcase
      3. file downloaded (team member) from a showcase
      4. file in showcase viewed by non-team member
      5. file in showcase viewed by team member
      6. file removed from a showcase
      7. changed a file request
      8. deleted a file comment
      9. unliked a file comment
      10. resolved a file comment
      11. downloaded a file (non-team member)
      12. created a new file request
      13. subscribed to file comment notifications
      14. unsubscribed from file comment notifications
      15. received files via file request
      16. created a link to a file using an app
      17. restored a resolved file comment
      18. requested acces to a file (non-team member)
      19. made a file viewable only to members of the file
      20. made a file viewable only to team members with the link
      21. made a file viewable to anyone with the link
      22. added a file to their Dropbox
      23. added a file to their Dropbox (non-team member)
      24. allowed file request emails for the team
      25. enabled file request emails for everyone
      26. enabled file requests
      27. liked a file comment
      28. closed a file request
      29. copied a file to their Dropbox
      30. copied a file to their Dropbox (non-team member)
      31. disabled file requests
      32. opened a file (non-team member)
      33. Failed to delete some files remotely
      34. successfully deleted some files remotely
      35. allowed anyone to view links to files in a shared folder
      36. allowed non collaborators to view links to files in a shared folder
      37. allowed only team members to view links to files in a shared folder
      38. prevented non-team members from viewing links to files in a shared folder
      39. multiple files downloaded (non-team member) from a showcase
      40. multiple files downloaded (team member) from a showcase
      41. received files via file request
      Cheers! 

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