Introduction

This blog explains how to export Gemini Audit Logs in Google Workspace. Exporting Gemini audit logs enable administrators to monitor and analyze AI-driven activities across organizations. The logs will help in tracking detailed information about users' interactions with Google’s Gemini features and other AI-assisted actions in Docs, Gmail and Slides.

By exporting logs, admins can understand usage patterns and identify potential misuse to improve productivity. Whether its a small team or a large organization, Gemini Audit Logs provides a broad view about which AI tools are actively used by users and which features of AI are most utilized.

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What are Gemini Audit logs

Gemini Audit logs are the user activities related to Gemini for Google Workspace, such as AI-assisted writing, summarizing or content generation in Docs, Gmail, and Slides.

These logs help admins to check how AI features are used, maintain compliance and make sure AI is used in the right way in the organization.

Why BigQuery is Used to Get Gemini Admin logs

Google allows exporting Gemini Audit logs to BigQuery. Bigquery is  a cloud data warehouse which helps in visualizing and querying large log datasets using SQL.

If you wish to export Gemini logs to BigQuery, it requires a Google Cloud project with billing enabled. However, it provides a free tier of 10 GB storage + 1 TB query per month.

Why You Can’t Export to BigQuery Without Billing

  • BigQuery is a paid service, even though it provides a free tier.
  • Google Cloud requires a verified billing account before you can create datasets.
  • Without billing you cannot access the Create Dataset and Export to BigQuery options.

How to Export Gemini Audit logs Using Google Admin Console

  1. Login to Google Admin Console.
  2. Go to Reporting >  Audit & Investigation.
  3. Navigate and click on Gemini for Workspace log events.
  4. Apply filters like User, Date Range or Event Type.
  5. Review activity details such as action performed, timestamp and application.
    Review activity details
  6. Click Export All to export logs.
  7.  Provide a name for the export and select the format in which you want to download the logs.
  8. Click Export.
    Click Export Button

How to Export Gemini Audit logs Via Admin SDK Reporting API

If you can work with scripts, Google’s Reporting API is helpful to extract Gemini audit events programmatically.

Note: No billing required for Reporting API access.

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console and create a Google Cloud project.
  2. Enable the Admin SDK API.

    Enable the Admin SDK API.
  3. Create OAuth credentials, API key or a service account key from the Credentials tab.

    Create OAuth credentials, API key or a service account key
  4. Use the following endpoint to retrieve Gemini audit activity data.
    GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/gemini_in_workspace_apps
  5. Parse the API response to review details such as the user’s email, event timestamp and activity type.

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Tips for Exporting Gemini Audit Logs

Administrators can keep track of how Gemini AI is being used by the users. For effective export you can follow the tips given below.

  1. Only super administrators with appropriate audit permissions can access and export Gemini Audit Logs.
  2. Depending on your needs and technical setup, you can export logs through any methods among Admin Console, CSV download or the Admin SDK Reporting API.
  3. Apply filters to get the accurate results, which will export smaller files for easy analyzation.
  4. Gemini Audit Logs have a limited access period so take regular exports to avoid losing important historical data.
  5. Make sure you share audit logs only within your organization for privacy and security purposes.
  6. For automated export you can rely on the Reporting API approach to get regular export without manual effort.

Conclusion

Exporting Gemini Audit Logs is a valuable step to keep track of how Gemini AI tools are used within an organization. The audit logs help in keeping transparency, compliance and track of AI usage. In the educational environment, if the students misuse AI tools then with the help of logs administrators can get to know at the right time and can take appropriate actions. Gemini audit logs are overall beneficial for the work organizations as well as the school environment.

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