{"id":5776,"date":"2023-05-26T20:41:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=5776"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:24:22","password":"","slug":"groups-sharing-audit-in-gat","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/groups-sharing-audit-in-gat\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups sharing audit in GAT+"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>GAT+ is an Google Workspace Audit tool. It allows the Admins of the domain to have a very detailed and extensive audit of the domain.<\/p>\n<p>The reporting capabilities can be simple and very complex depending on the use cases.<\/p>\n<h3>Groups sharing<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Group sharing<\/strong> is an audit of Google Drive where the Admin can audit all Google drive files and the Groups they are shared in between.<\/p>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>GAT+ &gt; Drive &gt; Group sharing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will show all the files that are shared between different internal groups.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5996\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1896\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings.png 1896w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings-360x133.png 360w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_12_00-Settings-1536x569.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the<strong> Owner groups <\/strong>and<strong> Shared to groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apply filter to search for specific files or owner group and shared to group<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6031\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1309\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT.png 1309w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT-1024x414.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_04_55-GAT-360x145.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1309px) 100vw, 1309px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Result<\/h3>\n<p>The result will show the files shared between the two selected groups.<\/p>\n<p>Here the Admin can see the Group sharing files &#8211; view the title, file owner, owner groups and shared to groups.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6032\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1578\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT.png 1578w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT-360x201.png 360w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_06_16-GAT-1536x859.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1578px) 100vw, 1578px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Files group sharing report<\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>Files<\/strong> tab also has an <strong>advanced filter<\/strong> called<strong> Files Shared between groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Group from<\/strong> &#8211; enter the &#8220;sender&#8221; group<\/li>\n<li><strong>Groups to<\/strong> &#8211; enter the group who the file is shared into<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5998\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1575\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT.png 1575w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT-360x200.png 360w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-04-16_27_23-GAT-1536x855.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Result<\/h3>\n<p>As result of the above applied searches the Admin can view and audit <strong>all the files shared in between the members of the two selected groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here the Admin can see the<strong> Files tab for the shared in between the groups files<\/strong>. View the owner, paths, viewers etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6030\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1580\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT.png 1580w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT-1024x292.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT-768x219.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT-360x103.png 360w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-05-12_01_38-GAT-1536x438.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview GAT+ is an Google Workspace Audit tool. It allows the Admins of the domain to have a very detailed and extensive audit of the domain. The reporting capabilities can be simple and very complex depending on the use cases. 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