Detailed Explanation of Field Definitions and Parameters in ArcGIS Online Activity Reports

[MasaakiKurokawa]

“Please provide a detailed explanation of the definitions of each field in the activity report created with ArcGIS Online’s report generation, as well as the meanings of the parameters stored in these fields.”

[ChristopherCounsell]

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/report-fields.htm

[MasaakiKurokawa]

Thank you for sending the URLs of the relevant pages. That is very helpful. However, this is an explanation of each field, and I would like to know the definitions of the parameters entered within each field.

Perhaps the REST API portal history page provides more details.

https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/portal-history/ 

However, what I need is a specific explanation of the parameters. For example, in the action field of the activity log, I want to know what the values [Values: add | addusers | create | delete | removeusers | share | unshare | update | login | updateUsers] mean.

[ChristopherCounsell · Accepted solution]

The action taken will depend on the type... Like group update vs member update. So it's hard to say what the action refers to in isolation of the rest of the report.

I'm not aware of a single source of documentation that comprehensively covers this.  @KellyGerrow might be able to confirm. I looked into it a while ago and helped another user here:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/is-it-possible-to-expose-the-admin-username-th...

There are blogs and videos covering some specific workflows.

Here's a good one:

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/administration/exploring-the-organization-ac...

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-blog/find-out-what-a-user-has-been-doing-in-your/ba-p/89...

If you go through Kelly's blog above and my other post you might be able to see how the report fields align with standard actions against the type of event. Like you can't unshare a user. But you could unshare an item, and see the action details. 

[MasaakiKurokawa]

Thank you, Mr. Chris. So, there is no silver bullet. The information on the URL you provided is very useful, and I think I can make good use of it. It is really helpful. Thank you very much.