Impact of Restricted Lookups

: 3 Years Ago
: bjvista
: How To

LOGbinder for SharePoint by default makes every effort to fully translate and enrich SharePoint audit events through so called "lookups" where-in LOGbinder makes extra queries to SharePoint to obtain this information. But there is a cost/benefit relationship to be considered. Some events in the native SharePoint audit log include fields that are of low or no value to end users at many organizations. Each field in the native log, including these low or no value fields, requires a lookup by LOGbinder to resolve the native SharePoint data in to user friendly data.

For example, below is a sample of LOGbinder for SharePoint event ID 13:

Document checked in
Occurred: 6/25/2016 1:13:04 PM
Site: http://sp2010-sp
User: Administrator
Object
URL: Shared Documents/FinancialData.xlsx
Title: n/a
Version: 1.0

As you can see in the above event, the “Title” field returned from SharePoint is “n/a”. This is obviously of no value to the end user. Since SharePoint includes these low/no value fields, LOGbinder for SharePoint includes an option to intelligently restrict the number of lookups it processes resulting in increased performance of LOGbinder. You can manage the amount of SharePoint lookups by opening the LOGbinder Control Panel selecting File and then Options. The amount of lookups performed by LOGbinder can be customized by choosing a value under “Amount of SharePoint lookups.” See figure 1 below.

Figure 1: Managing the amount of SharePoint lookups

The fields that are affected (with the exception of the “Restrict all lookups option”) are all child fields of the targeted object. “URL” is the most important field included in the events and that field is always reported except on some permission change events and only if the “Exclude high/medium-cost” option is selected.

Most organizations who need to speed up LOGbinder can safely use the “Exclude high-cost lookups” option without losing significant audit information. Please note that the “Exclude high/medium-cost” option does adversely impact permission change events.

The following chart outlines which fields are affected depending on which option is selected when managing the amount of SharePoint lookups.

Field will be blank if this setting is chosen …	Exclude none	Exclude highest-cost lookups	Exclude high-cost lookups	Exclude high/ medium- cost lookups	Restrict all lookups
10 Noise entry
This entry was generated, but contains only data that is misleading or irrelevant.
Occurred: %1
Details: %2
11 Site collection audit policy changed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
New audit policy: %4
12 Audit policy changed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
Subtype: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
URL: %6
Title: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %8		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
New audit policy: %9
13 Document checked in
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Version: %6
14 Document checked out
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Version: %6
15 Child object deleted
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Parent Object
Type: %4
Subtype: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
URL: %6
Title: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Child Object
Type: %8
URL: %9
16 Child object moved
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Parent Object
Type: %4
Subtype: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
URL: %6
Title: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %8		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Child Object
Type: %9				✘	✘
Title: %10				✘	✘
Original location: %11
New location: %12
17 Object copied
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
Title: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Original location: %7
New location: %8
18 Custom event
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Details: %4
Examine the details accompanying the event for more information.
19 Object deleted
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Versions deleted: %6
Recycled: %7
20 SharePoint audit logs deleted
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Logs deleted: %4
Last date: %5
Audit logs created before this date have been removed from SharePoint.
Purge performed by LOGbinder: %6
21 Object moved
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
Title: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Original location: %6
New location: %7
22 Object profile changed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
Subtype: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
URL: %6
Title: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %8		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Profile details: %9
23 SharePoint object structure changed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
Subtype: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
URL: %6
Title: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %8		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Details: %9
24 Search performed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Search: %4
25 SharePoint group created
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Group
ID: %4
Name: %5
Initial members: %6					✘
26 SharePoint group deleted
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Group
ID: %4
The group name is not available because Microsoft does not report this. Refer to events 25, 27, 28, as these may contain the group name.
27 SharePoint group member added
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Group
ID: %4
Name: %5					✘
Member
ID: %6
Name: %7					✘ ²
28 SharePoint group member removed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Group
ID: %4
Name: %5					✘
Member
ID: %6
Name: %7					✘ ²
29 Unique permissions created
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Parent Object
Type: %4				✘	✘
Subtype: %5				✘	✘
URL: %6				✘	✘
Title: %7				✘	✘
Description: %8				✘	✘
Object
URL: %9
This object no longer inherits permissions from the parent.
30 Unique permissions removed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Parent Object
Type: %4				✘	✘
Subtype: %5				✘	✘
URL: %6				✘	✘
Title: %7				✘	✘
Description: %8				✘	✘
Object
URL: %9
This object, which formerly had unique permissions, now inherits permissions from the parent.
31 Permissions updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4				✘	✘
Subtype: %5				✘	✘
URL: %6				✘	✘
Title: %7				✘	✘
Description: %8				✘	✘
Target
Name: %9					✘
Type: %10					✘
Permissions
Role name: %11					✘
Role description: %12					✘
One instance of this event is logged for each role assigned this user. Look at adjacent events to determine all roles assigned to the user or group.
32 Permissions removed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4				✘	✘
Subtype: %5				✘	✘
URL: %6				✘	✘
Title: %7				✘	✘
Description: %8				✘	✘
Target
Name: %9					✘
Type: %10					✘
Permissions
Role name: %11					✘
Role description: %12					✘
33 Unique permission levels created
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
This object has unique permission levels (role definitions) that are not inherited from its parent.
34 Permission level created
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Permission Level Details
ID: %8
Name: %9
Type: %10					✘
Description: %11					✘
Permissions
List permissions: %12
Site permissions: %13
Personal permissions: %14
35 Permission level deleted
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Permission Level Details
ID: %8
The permission level name is not available because Microsoft does not report this. Refer to events 34 or 36, as these may contain the name.
36 Permission level modified
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Permission Level Details
ID: %8
Name: %9
Type: %10					✘
Description: %11					✘
Permissions
List permissions: %12
Site permissions: %13
Personal permissions: %14
37 SharePoint site collection administrator added
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Administrator
ID: %4
Name: %5					✘ ²
38 SharePoint site collection administrator removed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Administrator
ID: %4
Name: %5					✘ ²
39 Object restored
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
Description: %7		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
This object was restored from the Recycle Bin.
40 Site collection updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
41 Web updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Description: %6			✘	✘	✘
42 Document library updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Description: %6			✘	✘	✘
Library item updated: %7
43 Document updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Version: %6
44 List updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4
URL: %5
Title: %6			✘	✘	✘
Description: %7			✘	✘	✘
45 List item updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5		✘ ¹	✘	✘	✘
46 Folder updated
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Version: %5
47 Document viewed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Version: %6
48 Document library viewed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
URL: %4
Title: %5			✘	✘	✘
Description: %6			✘	✘	✘
49 List viewed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3					✘
Object
Type: %4			✘	✘	✘
URL: %5
Title: %6			✘	✘	✘
Description: %7			✘	✘	✘
50 Object viewed
Occurred: %1
Site: %2
User: %3