How to Enable File Activity Dashboard in the Admin Console
The activity dashboard allows users within your organization to view who has read a specific document, and when. This feature works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. As a Google Workspace administrator, you can control whether users see each other's file activity on the Activity dashboard. The names of users who have viewed Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files, as well as the times they viewed them, are included in the file activity. As a Google Workspace user, you can find out more about Activity Dashboard here . Using the information from File Activity, team members can collaborate more efficiently by making informed decisions. Users must have Edit access to the file and be in the same domain as the file owner to view the Activity dashboard for that file. Users cannot access the Activity dashboard for files that are not in their domain. How to Let Users See File Activity [Activity Dashboard] 1. To get started, open the Admin Console and navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs. 2. Leave the top organizational unit selected if you wish to apply the same settings to everyone. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit or a configuration group. 3. Select Activity dashboard settings. 4. Next to Users’ view history, choose one of the options that specify who can see file views. If you choose the second option "On - only within [your company]," people from outside your organization won’t be able to view the activity dashboard for your company’s files. Individuals can still restrict activity dashboard view tracking Each user has the option to either hide the viewing history for all files or just a specific file. As a user, your history will no longer be accessible if you decide to hide it, whether for all files or just one particular file. Any views made while view history was disabled will never show up in the future if you decide to turn on view history again. Share your thoughts about this feature with other Google Workspace admins on our dedicated forum .
Ready to start using Unito? Here's how you can add the Unito add-on to your Google Sheet and get started.
Note: The first row of your sheet [the header row] will become fields in Unito. So make sure to clearly identify each column in the header row. We recommend doing this before installing the add-on.
Watch us install the add-on for Google Sheets:
Install the Unito add-on for Google Sheets
Before you can start building a flow with Google Sheets, you need to install the Unito add-on through the Google Workspace Marketplace.
From your sheet, click Extensions, then Add-ons, and Get add-ons.
Type Unito in the search bar.
Install the Unito for Google Sheets add-on and follow the instructions in the pop-up.
Click Insert the two columns in this sheet before going to Unito. Doing so will add two columns: UnitoID and Last Modified.
Having these columns in your sheet is essential for Unito's automated sync to function. You can hide them afterwards, but they need to exist. You can also add these columns manually, but you'll still need to install the add-on.
Add Google Sheets to your Unito account
The next step is to login to Unito and add Google Sheets to your list of connected integrations.
1. From the dashboard, click +Create Flow.
2. Select Start Here beside 1. Connect your tools.
3. Now, from the drop-down menu in + Add a tool to this flow, look for Google Sheets.
4. Next, select + Choose account, followed by + Connect a new Google Sheets account.
5. Follow the instructions on-screen and pick the Google account you want to connect with Unito, selecting Allow when prompted.
Now your Google Sheets account should be connected to Unito!
If you're ready to continue building your first Google Sheets flow, follow one of these comprehensive guides to pair your spreadsheet with Trello, Asana, Google Contacts, or HubSpot. Using another tool not listed there? No problem! The same steps and principles will apply to other tools as well.