The control panel is an integrated place for administrators to manage all their Google Apps services. You can manage user accounts and email lists,
customize sharing capabilities within applications,
turn services on and off,
manage mobile device policies and more. Last week, we added new service activity graphs so Google Apps administrators can see at-a-glance how their users are accessing Google Apps. This information can help customers evaluate the success of Google Apps deployments and scale internal support resources efficiently.
The activity graphs display information about the number of active users in your organization as measured by login activity. We display trend lines showing user activity for the prior 1-, 7- and 30-day periods for Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Sites.
To view the graphs for your organization, click “View Usage and Reports” under the “Advanced Tools” tab of the Google Apps control panel. We’ll have more service activity data options to share with administrators soon, but in the meantime, you can check out the
Reporting API for even more granular data on Google Apps activity within your organization.
Posted by Jaideep Mirchandani, Google Apps Product Manager, and Ashish Kumar, Google Apps Engineer
3 comments:
while these graphs are good, what the GAPE customers really want is the ability to produce detailed (drilled-down) graphs of the user account access. For e.g. there is no way to generate a report of devices (smart phones / tablets etc) that are connecting from the GAPE Control Panel. Moreover it would be awesome if the the Details (available at the bottom of the user's Inbox) was compiled and viewable by GAPE Administrator. Or even better, some sort anomaly detection systems that will notify the administrators of suspicious activity for ALL the users in the domain. This way the administrator will be able to take appropriate action.
I absolutely agree with Saqib's review here. Having the ability to drill down at the granular level is far more important as an admin, especially surrounding suspicious activity. You're able to do this via G Analytics for sites, I think it needs to be implemented for Apps accounts as well.
Saqib and Justin, thanks for your feedback. Agreed that drill-down by user is definitely relevant. We'll keep this input in mind going forward. Jaideep Mirchandani, Google Apps Product Manager
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