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View Power Platform connector activity logs in Microsoft Purview

You can view many Microsoft Power Platform connector activities in Microsoft Purview, such as when connectors are created, updated, and deleted, or API calls. You can also view activity logs within specific date ranges to gain insights.

Regularly view Power Platform connectors activities in Microsoft Purview to:

  • maintain governance, compliance, and security
  • gain operational insights
  • identify and troubleshoot problems
  • mitigate failures.

This article covers prerequisites, how to access the logs in Microsoft Purview, and details about connector activity event types and categories.

Prerequisites

To view connector activity logs in Microsoft Purview, make sure you:

  • Review and complete all the prerequisites in the overview article.
  • Are an admin with a Microsoft Office 365 E1 or greater license.
  • Are assigned either the Audit Logs or View-Only Audit Logs role in Microsoft Purview.

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Access the logs

Take these steps to sign in to the Microsoft Purview portal:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Purview portal

  2. In the Microsoft Purview portal, you can access the Audit page two ways:

    • On the left navigation pane, select Solutions and then select Audit.
    • Or, on the Home page, select the Audit solution card. If the Audit solution card isn't displayed, select View all solutions and then select Audit from the Core section.
  3. The audit solution lets you search activities or create audit retention policies. On the Search page, you can filter for different Power Platform activities in the Activities list. Activities are mapped to event types and categories, which are listed in the tables in this article for you to reference.

Shows Microsoft Purview audit search page.

The logs are also accessible to developers via the Office 365 Management API.

See Get started with search to learn more about searching the audit logs in Microsoft Purview.

Explore connector events

This table lists the connector events you can search for in the audit logs.

Connector event Description
API created A custom API is created.
API edited A custom API is updated.
API deleted A custom API is deleted.
Connection created or edited A connection is created or updated.
Connection deleted A connection is deleted.
Connection edited A connection is updated.
API permission added or edited A custom API is shared or the permissions are updated.
API made solution-aware A non-solution API is moved to a solution.
API permission removed Sharing permissions of a custom API are removed.
Connection permission added or edited A connection is shared or sharing permissions are updated.
Connection permission removed Sharing permissions of a connection are removed.
Gateway cluster edited A gateway cluster is updated.
Gateway permission added or edited A gateway is shared or the sharing permissions are updated.
Gateway permission removed Sharing permissions of a gateway are removed.
Added ConnectionDlpEvaluationResult Connection is turned off due to data policies.

View logged activity details

On Audit search, you can select a log and view its activity details. This table lists the available activity details.

Available activity details

The following table lists logging details available in the audit logs.

Detail Description
Date Date and time in this format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
IP Address Client's IP address
Users User's email address
Activity Event being audit logged
Item Unique ID of the resource
CreationTime Creation time
Id Request Correlation ID
Operation Name of the operation being audit logged
OrganizationId The unique ID of the tenant
UserType A digit representing the type of user. Examples: 0 = normal user, and 2 = admin user
ClientIP Client's IP address
ObjectID The unique ID of the user
UserId Email address of the user
AdditionalInfo Additional information about the event:
  • EnvironmentName: The unique ID of the environment
  • ActionName: The API action that led to the event
  • ResourceId The unique ID of the resource. Examples: custom api, and connection or gateway