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Afsar_Shariff
Brass Contributor
May 23, 2025

Recommend value not showing under "How applied" Field of activity explorer

Hello All 

I have the need to monitor how users use the feature that recommends them the application of a specific label in Office Apps (this feature is configured in the specific Sensitivity Label with the "Auto-labeling for files and emails" and recommending users to apply that label).

I tried look at the logs generated and appearing in the Activity Explorer. In order to monitor what mentioned above,

I tried to filter with Activity "Label Applied" and in "How applied" field I am looking for "Recommended" it is not available, instead I am getting only following options "None", "Auto" and "Manual".

Is "Recommended" Value not under "How Applied" Field?

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  • BrianStephen's avatar
    BrianStephen
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    May 23, 2025

    Activity Explorer is dependent on the Audit Log, When Microsoft 365 recommends a sensitivity label (based on detected sensitive content), that recommendation itself is not audited. However, if a user acts on the recommendation and applies the label, that action is audited.

    • If a user applies the recommended label, the action is logged and can be reviewed in Microsoft Purview audit logs/ Activity Explorer
    • If a user ignores or dismisses the recommendation, no audit event is generated.

     

    I hope that clears it up! 😎✌️

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