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How can I see a specific folder's activity on my account?

Hi- I am trying to see the activity on a folder in dropbox. Whats the best way to go about that? Or is this something only admins can do?

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Jane

Hey @jrae, thanks for posting us on our Community on your file-activity inquiry!

As an initial point of reference, you may keep in mind that while Dropbox Business admins can monitor their team’s activity through the Activity reports on their admin console, individual users can see file activity if they own the files in question or have edit permissions.

Of course, if you’ve made changes that affected a large number of files, you could check back on that from your “Events” page, where you see any file additions/ deletions/ edits in shared folders.

Please do let me how these options work for you or if you had something else in mind & I’ll make sure to follow-up with you & address any further inquiries you may have. Thanks again!

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Jane

Hey @jrae, thanks for posting us on our Community on your file-activity inquiry!

Please do let me how these options work for you or if you had something else in mind & I’ll make sure to follow-up with you & address any further inquiries you may have. Thanks again!

jrae

Thanks Jane!

That does help.. I clicked on the link for file activity and cannot find the arrow.

Can you assist?

Click "→" (arrow icon) to show the sidebar.

Jane

Sure @jrae!

If you got to your filestructure> you’ll have to locate the file you’d like to look into in more detail> Click on it & once it opens, you should be able to see the file activity tab on the top-right hand corner> Click on Activity as below:

Screenshot 2018-08-31 at 12.20.21 AM.png

I hope this is what you were looking for, though please keep me posted if you'd need any additional info!

pompgpa1

Hello, can anyone please tell me if there's a way to get updated on activities relating shared files? Like a popup or a notification mail, or message? Thank you for sharing. Rob

Jane

Hey Rob (@pompgpa1), I’ve moved your post under this discussion, which may address your initial sharing-related inquiry. Kindly refer to the resources I’ve linked above whenever you find some spare time & let me know if you have any additional questions about any of the above; it’ll be a pleasure to further clarify. Have a wonderful rest of your day until we talk again!

pompgpa1

Tnx Jane, that sums it up nicely. Great and swift help.

Jane

Perfect Rob (@pompgpa1); feel free to nudge us again in case you have any questions or thoughts & take care until we talk again! :unicorn:

stevesa

I can't find it either!!!!

Jane

Hey @stevesa, can you elaborate a bit on that for me please? Do you have the same inquiry as the OP on this thread or a different one? Also, are you referring to any of the advice I had posted previously? Thanks in advance for any clarification!

kazzaroni

Hi!

I do not seem to have that arrow? Or "activities" option on my account... is it only available in the upgraded version?

Jane

Hey @kazzaroni, let me rephrase from the previous page that the option to see team Activity is only available to Dropbox for Business admins, whereas you should be able to view File Activity as you’re signed in on your account online & you’re viewing your file (or files) on the preview pane.

If you’re missing either, whereas you think that you should have been granted access, could you include a screenshot (without personal info) in your next post showing me your current view if possible?

Thanks in advance!

kazzaroni

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kazzaroni

I attached a screenshot. I do not see an arrow where it was in the example to get to "activity"

Thank you for your assistance. Dropbox actually emailed me back and said there is no way to see activity. Which sounds like the opposite of what you are saying. So I'm lost.

Jane

Thanks for the screenshot @kazzaroni, it looks as if we’re getting somewhere!

I can see that you’re currently viewing the contents of a shared folder on the screensgrab & you should be able to track the file Activity as you’re browsing through each file you’ve currently stored in the share. At this point, it would be worth mentioning that the Activity can be found on a sliding tray that should appear on the right side of your screen once you hit the " ℹ️ " under the 🔔 icon . Kindly note that you should click on the filename, in order to get re-directed to the preview screen.

Now, I haven’t been able to locate an open Support request on our system for the email address connected to your Community profile, however I’m wondering if it’s specific Activity that you’ve been looking for, that may not currently be available to your plan. Let me quickly re-phrase from the relevant resource that File Activity includes any time a file is:

Added
Edited
Moved
Renamed
Reverted back to a previous version with version history or Dropbox Rewind

If it’s not too much trouble for you, could you briefly let me know what you’ve discussed with my colleague &/or what you’d like to achieve, so as to further advise as efficiently as possible?

Thanks again!