Add an auditing policy feature to a content type
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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Topic Last Modified: 2008-03-24
The Auditing policy feature logs events and operations that are performed on documents and list items. You can configure auditing to log events such as:
Editing a document or item
Viewing a document or item
Checking a document in or out
Changing the permissions for a document or item
Deleting a document or item
When auditing is enabled for a content type, site administrators can view the audited data in Excel-based policy usage reports, which summarize current usage. You can review each report to review how information is being used within the organization. Audit log reports can help organizations verify and document regulatory compliance or investigate potential concerns.
Note
When a document is sent to a Records Center site, the document's audit history is sent with the document and is stored in an XML file in the Records Center site along with the document.
Note
You cannot add an auditing policy feature to a core content type. You must create a new content type that is derived from a core content type, and then apply the policy to the new content type.
Important
You must be a site collection administrator to complete this procedure on a site collection information management policy.
You must be a site collection administrator to complete this procedure on a site collection content type.
To add an auditing policy feature to a content type
Use this procedure to add an auditing policy feature to a content type.
Add an auditing policy feature to a content type
On the site collection home page, on the Site actions menu, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.
On the Site Settings page, in the Site Collection Galleries list, click Site content types.
On the Site Content Type Gallery page, click the content type that you want to add an expiration policy feature to.
On the Site Content Type page, click Information management policy settings.
On the Information Management Policy Settings page, click Define a policy, and then click OK.
On the Edit Policy page, optionally type or edit an administrative description in the Administrative Description field, and type or edit a policy statement in the Policy Statement field.
On the Edit Policy page, in the Auditing section, select Enable Auditing, and then select the check boxes next to the events you want to keep an audit trail for.
Click OK to apply the auditing feature to the content type.
Note
To view the audit logs, on the Site Settings page of the root of a Site Collection, click Audit log reports, and then select the report to view.
See Also
Concepts
Create content types for active documents
Create a new content type for active documents
Create a site column for active documents
Add a column to a content type for active documents
Add an expiration policy feature to a content type
Add a workflow to a content type for active documents
Associate a content type with a document library