This was an awesome discovery, even for the Tech Team!

 

Tired of hearing others claim they haven’t seen your document?  This handy feature in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides means you’ll never have to second guess whether they have or haven’t ever again.

 

Viewing who has seen your Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides and when they have viewed them is easy with the Activity Dashboard feature. This feature also shows the trend of views and comments, as well as a sharing history.

-Open the Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide you want to view for activity

-Select the Tools menu > Activity Dashboard.

The viewing history of each person the file is shared with is displayed in the “Viewers” section. Those who have a dash next to their name either have not viewed the file or have opted out of having their viewing activity shown.

The “Shared with” tab shows everyone the file is explicitly shared with, while the “All viewers” tab shows a list of everyone within your own Google Workspace environment who has viewed the file (except those who have opted out).

Those with Google Workspace accounts can see the view activity of people using regular consumer Google accounts (or people in other Google Workspace domains), as long as the file has been explicitly shared with them.

The “Viewer trend” tab shows the number of unique views within a selected time period. You can change the time period using the drop-down box in the top right corner.

The “Sharing history” tab shows when the files have been shared/unshared and with whom.