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Access Approval audit logging information
This document describes audit logging for Access Approval. Google Cloud services
generate audit logs that record administrative and access activities within your Google Cloud resources.
For more information about Cloud Audit Logs, see the following:
Each IAM permission has a type property, whose value is an enum
that can be one of four values: ADMIN_READ, ADMIN_WRITE,
DATA_READ, or DATA_WRITE. When you call a method,
Access Approval generates an audit log whose category is dependent on the
type property of the permission required to perform the method.
Methods that require an IAM permission with the type property value
of DATA_READ, DATA_WRITE, or ADMIN_READ generate
Data Access audit logs.
Methods that require an IAM permission with the type property value
of ADMIN_WRITE generate
Admin Activity audit logs.
For information about how and which permissions are evaluated for each method,
see the Identity and Access Management documentation for Access Approval.
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval
The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to
google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.
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Google Cloud services\ngenerate audit logs that record administrative and access activities within your Google Cloud resources.\nFor more information about Cloud Audit Logs, see the following:\n\n- [Types of audit logs](/logging/docs/audit#types)\n- [Audit log entry structure](/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure)\n- [Storing and routing audit logs](/logging/docs/audit#storing_and_routing_audit_logs)\n- [Cloud Logging pricing summary](/stackdriver/pricing#logs-pricing-summary)\n- [Enable Data Access audit logs](/logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access)\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nService name\n------------\n\nAccess Approval audit logs use the service name `accessapproval.googleapis.com`.\nFilter for this service: \n\n```gdscript\n protoPayload.serviceName=\"accessapproval.googleapis.com\"\n \n```\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nMethods by permission type\n--------------------------\n\nEach IAM permission has a `type` property, whose value is an enum\nthat can be one of four values: `ADMIN_READ`, `ADMIN_WRITE`,\n`DATA_READ`, or `DATA_WRITE`. When you call a method,\nAccess Approval generates an audit log whose category is dependent on the\n`type` property of the permission required to perform the method.\n\nMethods that require an IAM permission with the `type` property value\nof `DATA_READ`, `DATA_WRITE`, or `ADMIN_READ` generate\n[Data Access](/logging/docs/audit#data-access) audit logs.\n\nMethods that require an IAM permission with the `type` property value\nof `ADMIN_WRITE` generate\n[Admin Activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) audit logs.\n\nAPI interface audit logs\n------------------------\n\nFor information about how and which permissions are evaluated for each method,\nsee the Identity and Access Management documentation for Access Approval.\n\n### `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval`\n\nThe following audit logs are associated with methods belonging to\n`google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval`.\n\n#### `ApproveApprovalRequest`\n\n- **Method** : `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest` \n- **Audit log type** : [Admin activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) \n- **Permissions** :\n - `accessapproval.requests.approve - ADMIN_WRITE`\n- **Method is a long-running or streaming operation** : No. \n- **Filter for this method** : `\n protoPayload.methodName=\"google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.ApproveApprovalRequest\"\n ` \n\n#### `DeleteAccessApprovalSettings`\n\n- **Method** : `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings` \n- **Audit log type** : [Admin activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) \n- **Permissions** :\n - `accessapproval.settings.delete - ADMIN_WRITE`\n- **Method is a long-running or streaming operation** : No. \n- **Filter for this method** : `\n protoPayload.methodName=\"google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DeleteAccessApprovalSettings\"\n ` \n\n#### `DismissApprovalRequest`\n\n- **Method** : `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest` \n- **Audit log type** : [Admin activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) \n- **Permissions** :\n - `accessapproval.requests.dismiss - ADMIN_WRITE`\n- **Method is a long-running or streaming operation** : No. \n- **Filter for this method** : `\n protoPayload.methodName=\"google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.DismissApprovalRequest\"\n ` \n\n#### `InvalidateApprovalRequest`\n\n- **Method** : `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest` \n- **Audit log type** : [Admin activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) \n- **Permissions** :\n - `accessapproval.requests.invalidate - ADMIN_WRITE`\n- **Method is a long-running or streaming operation** : No. \n- **Filter for this method** : `\n protoPayload.methodName=\"google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.InvalidateApprovalRequest\"\n ` \n\n#### `UpdateAccessApprovalSettings`\n\n- **Method** : `google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings` \n- **Audit log type** : [Admin activity](/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) \n- **Permissions** :\n - `accessapproval.settings.update - ADMIN_WRITE`\n- **Method is a long-running or streaming operation** : No. \n- **Filter for this method** : `\n protoPayload.methodName=\"google.cloud.accessapproval.v1.AccessApproval.UpdateAccessApprovalSettings\"\n `"]]
