I want to store a bunch of policies in a SharePoint library (Office 365) and want to be able to report on all users who have viewed the document.
I could do it like this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Configure-audit-settings-for-a-site-collection-a9920c97-38c0-44f2-8bcb-4cf1e2ae22d2?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US (using auditing on the site) but it seems like overkill. I just need to report on each distinct user who has viewed each document, not every time they have accessed it.
Can this be done "out of the box" or if not is there a (O365 friendly) plugin?
Best Answer
You can enable audit logs for this. This can be enabled at site collection level.
Go to site settings--> Site collection administration-->Site collection audit settings-->Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties. You can take a look at the following article.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/view-audit-log-reports-HA102039795.aspx