Secure LDAP log events

Audit and investigation page: Review LDAP operations for the Secure LDAP service

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The audit log page has been replaced with a new audit and investigation page. For information about this change, go to Improved audit and investigation experience: What's new in Google Workspace

You can use the audit and investigation page to run searches related to LDAP log events. Two types of log events are available for the Secure LDAP service:

Admin log events (for information, go to Admin log events)
LDAP log events

For a full list of services and activities that you can investigate, such as Google Drive or user activity, read through the About the audit and investigation tool.

Open the audit and investigation page

Access Secure LDAP log event data

Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
On the left, click ReportingAudit and investigationSecure LDAP log events.

Filter the data

Open the log events as described above in Access Secure LDAP log event data.
Click Add a filter, and then select an attribute.
In the pop-up window, select an operatorselect a valueclick Apply.
(Optional) To create multiple filters for your search:
1. Click Add a filter and repeat step 3.
2. (Optional) To add a search operator, above Add a filter, select AND or OR.
Click Search.

Note: Using the Filter tab, you can include simple parameter and value pairs to filter the search results. You can also use the Condition builder tab, where the filters are represented as conditions with AND/OR operators.

Attribute descriptions

For this data source, you can use the following attributes when searching log event data:

Attribute	Description
Actor	Email address of the user who performed the action
Actor group name	Group name of the actor. For more information, go to Filtering results by Google Group. To add a group to your filtering groups allowlist: Select Actor group name. Click Filtering groups. The Filtering groups page displays. Click Add Groups. Search for a group by entering the first few characters of its name or email address. When you see the group you want, select it. (Optional) To add another group, search for and select the group. When you finish selecting groups, click Add. (Optional) To remove a group, click Remove group . Click Save.
Actor organizational unit	Organizational unit of the actor
Application ID	LDAP application ID for which the Secure LDAP protocol request is mapped
Application name	LDAP application name for which the Secure LDAP protocol request is mapped
Attributes	Secure LDAP search query attributes
Base object	Base object (organizational unit) to query for users
Connection ID	Secure LDAP request connection ID
Date	Date and time of the event (displayed in your browser's default time zone)
Deref aliases	Indicator to specify whether or not aliases are dereferenced during a Secure LDAP search operation
Dropped attributes	List of attributes dropped as part of a Secure LDAP search query response
Event	The logged event action, such as Bind Failed, Search Successful, or Unbind
Filter	LDAP search query filter
IP address	Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the logged action
Is types only	LDAP search request filter to return types only
Message ID	LDAP search request filter to return types only
Name	Name of the principle behind an LDAP bind request
Request controls	Comma-separated list of all other request parameters received in an LDAP protocol request apart from connection ID, message ID, and search query
Result code	Code generated from the Secure LDAP search results
Result controls	Comma-separated list of all parameters sent in an LDAP protocol response apart from connection ID, message ID, and search query
Scope	Secure LDAP search query scope
Size limit	Secure LDAP search query response size limit
Time limit	Secure LDAP search query latency time limit
Version	Version of the LDAP protocol that's being called in the bind operation

Manage log event data

Manage search results column data

You can control which data columns appear in your search results.

At the top-right of the search results table, click Manage columns .
(Optional) To remove current columns, click Remove .
(Optional) To add columns, next to Add new column, click the Down arrow and select the data column.
Repeat as needed.
(Optional) To change the order of the columns, drag the data column names.
Click Save.

Export search result data

At the top of the search results table, click Export all.
Enter a name click Export.
The export displays below the search results table under Export action results.
To view the data, click the name of your export.
The export opens in Google Sheets.

Create reporting rules

Go to Create and manage reporting rules.

When and how long is data available?

Go to Data retention and lag times.

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