Viva Glint Activity Audit Log

Microsoft Viva Glint Service Admin users have access to the Activity Audit Log to view actions taken in the platform. The log gives details on some user activity, User Role changes, raw data exports, data imports, and error or warning information for failed data imports. The Activity Audit Log includes:

  • Date: The date and time of when the action was performed
  • Event: The event type
  • Type: The type, a subfilter of Event
  • Status: The event's status: Success or Failed
  • User: The email address of the user or the system responsible for the event
  • Details: A description of the event

Important

The Activity Audit Log keeps a rolling year of platform activity and files are downloadable for 28 days (example: data file upload error files).

Access the Activity Audit Log

To use the Activity Audit Log as a Viva Glint admin:

  1. From the admin dashboard, select the Configuration symbol, then in Service Configuration, choose Activity Audit Log.

  2. Select an event type from the All Events dropdown menu (example: "Data import").

  3. If needed, filter results further by selecting an option from the All Types dropdown menu (example: "Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service" to focus on employee data imported from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service).

  4. If needed, use the All Statuses dropdown menu to filter to successful or failed events.

    Screenshot of the Viva Glint Activity Audit Log filtered to Data import activity for SFTP imports.

Event descriptions

Choose an event type based on platform activity that you need to review and the following descriptions.

Note

Support user activity doesn't appear in the Activity Audit Log.

Event Description
Access disabled A Service Admin user disabled Advanced Configuration access.
Access enabled A Service Admin user enabled Advanced Configuration access.
Service Admin added A user was added to the Service Admin role.
Service Admin login A Service Admin user logged into Viva Glint.
Service Admin logout A Service Admin user logged out of Viva Glint.
Service Admin removed A user was removed from the Service Admin role.
Data app execution logs Advanced Configuration Data app and Upload activity.
Data DSR Control set User Data controls for survey data deletion in General Settings update activity.
Data export Employee data export activity.
Data import Employee data import activity. This includes data imports from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service.
Details changes saved Change activity in General Settings or Advanced Configuration: Details.
Discarding Employee IDs User Data controls for Employee ID reuse in General Settings update activity.
Export Raw Survey Data Raw response data export activity.
Role assigned from M365 Admin Center A user is assigned to a new role.
Role unassigned from M365 Admin Center A user is removed from a role.
Send User Data Individual employee data and raw survey responses send activity.
User added A user was added to the Support User role.
User Deleted User deletion activity.
User role created User Role creation activity.
View as user Admins' "View As" another user activity.
Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service for Glint turned on Data imports from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service turned on.
Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service for Glint turned off Data imports from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service turned off.
SFTP turned on Data imports via SFTP method turned on.
SFTP turned off Data imports via SFTP method turned off.
Attribute setup – onboarding to Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service A Service Admin onboarded Viva Glint to receive data imports from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service.
Attribute setup Attribute setup or update flow. These events are generated only after Viva Glint's onboarding to Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service is complete.
Attribute setup – attribute mapping for Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service A Service Admin updated Viva Glint attribute mappings to Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service attributes.

Sign-in logs in the Microsoft Entra admin center

For more detailed views of user sign-in activity in Viva Glint, Entra admins have access to sign-in logs in the Microsoft Entra admin center. To access logs for Viva Glint:

  1. Review prerequisites for Microsoft Entra licensing and user role permissions to access sign-in logs.
  2. Go to the Microsoft Entra admin center.
  3. In the menu, select Identity and search for Viva Glint in the Search your tenant field.
  4. Select Viva Glint from the search results that appear.
  5. Under Activity, choose Sign-in logs.
  6. Logs have Viva Glint's app ID applied and, by default, show the last seven days of activity.
  7. Learn more about using Entra's sign-in logs and customizing/filtering logs to view different columns and date ranges.

More Viva Glint logs in Microsoft Purview

Use Microsoft Purview to view and audit additional Viva Glint platform activity. Check with your Microsoft 365 Global Admin to confirm which admin users in your organization have access to view logs. For information specific to Viva Glint schema and audit log activities, see:

The following table lists Viva Glint audit operations in Microsoft Purview for data imports and attribute setup:

Friendly name Purview operation Purview description
Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service imports turned On OrganizationalDataIntegrationEnabled A company admin turned on the Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service integration with Viva Glint.
Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service imports turned Off OrganizationalDataIntegrationDisabled A company admin turned off the Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service integration with Viva Glint.
SFTP turned On SFTPEnabled A company admin turned on SFTP imports in Viva Glint.
SFTP turned Off SFTPDisabled A company admin turned off SFTP imports in Viva Glint.
Attribute Setup AttributeSetup A company admin updated attribute setup in Viva Glint.
Changed Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service attribute mapping AttributeSetupOrganizationalDataMappingUpdated A company admin updated Viva Glint attribute mappings with Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service reserved attributes.
Onboarded to Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service AttributeSetupOrganizationalDataOnboarded A company admin initiated Viva Glint onboarding to Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service.
Imported data from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service OrganizationalDataImported Imported data from Microsoft 365 Organizational Data Service to Viva Glint.

Data import errors and troubleshooting:

User data management:

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