Is there a way in the Activity Log to monitor Microsoft Add-in Usage?

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bdetcher
bdetcher Contributor
in Governance & Security

I have users who are extracting data from a Domo card into an excel file through the Microsoft Add-in. I have run some tests but am unable to see any activity when I refresh the data. I would like to be able to see who and how often this is being done. Has anyone been able to track this type of usage?

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  • ColemenWilson
    ColemenWilson Coach
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    Did some testing here and the closest you can get in the activity log is to look in the Browser_Details field. I believe there will be a unique (or unique-ish) value there for this type of activity. You could look for that exact match or may notice a pattern if you have a few users doing this it will likely be a similar convention for the field value if not an exact match. For example, for my test the value was Java-SDK:3.33.16_ES.1. I haven't tested with other users at my company but I would imagine the value would be something similar, perhaps Java-SDK:3.33.16_ES.2 or something like that.

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  • ColemenWilson
    ColemenWilson Coach
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    Did some testing here and the closest you can get in the activity log is to look in the Browser_Details field. I believe there will be a unique (or unique-ish) value there for this type of activity. You could look for that exact match or may notice a pattern if you have a few users doing this it will likely be a similar convention for the field value if not an exact match. For example, for my test the value was Java-SDK:3.33.16_ES.1. I haven't tested with other users at my company but I would imagine the value would be something similar, perhaps Java-SDK:3.33.16_ES.2 or something like that.

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  • bdetcher
    bdetcher Contributor

    I did some more testing this afternoon. The first time you extract the card to excel, it does create a record in the Activity Log showing that you viewed the card that you extracted into excel, even though I did not view the card on the page. I am also not seeing anything in the "Brower_Details" column for this event.

    Further testing has shown that there is no record in the activity log that shows when the user "Refreshes" the data in Excel.

  • ColemenWilson
    ColemenWilson Coach

    Yes, but does it differ at all from a normal card view? Is there a way to know that it was viewed in excel?

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  • bdetcher
    bdetcher Contributor

    No difference from a regular VIEWED CARD action. Just know that I didn't actually view the card in Domo…only extracted it to excel.

    I am guessing I will need to submit a comment in the Ideas Exchange to get this information added.

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