To get additional reporting data on your organization's Chrome browsers, set the Managed browser reporting policy.
Turn on browser reporting in your Admin console
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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In the Admin console, go to Menu
Devices
Chrome
If you signed up for Chrome Browser Cloud Management, go to Menu
Chrome browser
- Select your top-level organizational unit, so that all child organizations will inherit the policy.
- Go to Browser reporting.
- Click Managed browser reporting.
- Select Enable managed browser cloud reporting.
- Click Save.
- Restart Chrome browser on users' devices so that it picks up the new policy.
You should then get a report within a minute of Chrome browser restarting. Once a report gets sent, the rest of the fields in the Browser List page will be populated, as well as the Details page. As new reports come in, these fields update accordingly. Currently, report frequency is set to once every 24 hours. If needed, use the Frequency of browser status reporting in hours setting to change the number of hours between successive reports. Enter a value between 3 and 24 hours.
What gets uploaded from users' devices
Admin activity
You can use the Admin audit log to see a record of actions performed in your Admin console.
For details about what administrator activity data you can view, go to Admin audit log.
Browser policies
| Type | Example value | Remarks |
| Policy name | BookmarkBarEnabled | |
| Policy source/scope | Cloud Machine Policy | |
| Policy value | false | |
| Policy error | Deprecated | Any issue with a policy is displayed here. |
Browsers & profiles
| Type | Example value | Notes |
| Chrome browser version | 69.0.3497.23 | |
| Chrome browser channel | Beta | |
| Chrome browser path | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Beta\Application | |
| Profile name | Person 1 | |
| Profile path | \Default | |
| Profile signed in user email | person@example.com | Available only if there’s a signed user in that profile. |
| Profile signed in user ID | [ID number] | An obfuscated ID unique to that user. Available only if there's a signed-in user in that profile. |
Extension policies
| Type | Example value | Remarks |
| Extension ID | aapocclcgogkmnckokdopfmhonfmgoek | Uniquely identifies the extension to which the policies apply. |
| Policy name | BookmarkBarEnabled | |
| Policy source/scope | Cloud Machine Policy | |
| Policy value | false | |
| Policy error | Deprecated | Any issue with a policy is displayed here. |
Extensions & plugins
| Type | Example value | Notes |
| Extension ID | aapocclcgogkmnckokdopfmhonfmgoek | |
| Extension version | 0.10 | |
| Extension name | Slides | |
| Extension description | User-agent switcher for Chrome is an extension for Google Chrome | |
| Extension type | extension | |
| Extension homepage URL | https://spoofer-extension.appspot.com/about | |
| Extension icon | ||
| Extension install type | Normal | Whether the extension was force-installed by the administrator, or installed by the user. |
| Extension enabled status | Enabled | |
| Extension host permissions | “webRequest”, “cookies” | Learn more about host permissions. |
| Extension permissions | “tabs”, “devtools” | Learn more about Chrome extension permissions. |
| Plugin name | Chrome PDF Plugin | |
| Plugin version | 2.0 | |
| Plugin description | Portable Document Format | |
| Plugin file name | internal-pdf-viewer |
Machine information
| Type | Example value | Notes |
| BIOS serial number | [alphanumeric string] | |
| Device management token (DM token) | [alphanumeric string] | Generated during enrollment to uniquely identify the device. |
| Machine name | DESKTOP1 | The name of the machine. |
| OS user | CORP\User1 | The user's name as reported by the OS. |
| OS version | Windows 10.0.17134.165 | The version of the OS the browser is running on. |
| OS arch | x86_64 | The architecture of the device the browser is running on. |
| Machine Id | [ID number] | This value is platform specific. |
Safe browsing
| Type | Example value | Remarks |
| Number of warnings | 10 | The number of warnings displayed to the user. |
| Number of warnings click through | 5 | The number of times the user clicked through the warning and continued to the page. |
After setup
- Set up Chrome browser user-level management
- See all Cloud-managed Chrome browser topics
- See detailed information in the Chrome Browser Cloud Management whitepaper