Understand SharePoint scan reports

If you're migrating from OneDrive for Business, follow the instructions for SharePoint unless specified.

When you conduct a scan of your Microsoft SharePoint data, you have the option of generating all or some of these reports. Learn more about how to create a scan

Once the scan is complete, you can view the scan summary and download the reports. For details, see Analyze your scan

Click below to learn more about each report. 

SharePoint reports you can generate

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Report errors

Identifies any failures such as a failure to connect to a particular user account.

Field name Description
Source Source environment
Title Title of the error
Location Location of the failed object
Type Type of object
Message Error message associated with the failure
Shared drives candidate report

Gives information on the hierarchical depth of folders and the permissions held by objects within the folders.

There are limits to the amount and type of data you can migrate to shared drives. Use the information in this report to help you assess whether the folders are good candidates for migration to shared drives or whether you should reorganize the data to avoid potential migration issues. For details, go to Shared drive limits.

How to modify

Provide a value for:

  • Minimum object count—Minimum number of objects (folders and files) inside the folder (default value is 100). The scan excludes folders containing fewer than the specified number. 
  • Minimum shared with—Minimum number of users that have access to the root folder (default value is 5). The scan excludes folders that are shared with fewer users than the number specified.
  • % allowed with restricted permissions—Percentage of the content of a folder that is permitted to have restricted permissions (default is 1%). The scan excludes folders that have a higher percentage of restricted permissions. Go to Restricted permissions

Note: The report only includes scanned items that meet all of the conditions above.

Field name Description
Name Folder name
Total Total number of objects (folders and files) in the folder and in its hierarchy, including in its subfolders
Folder depth Level of hierarchy of each object
Shared with count How many users or groups the folder is shared with
Path Folder path to the location of the object
Total folders Number of folders within the folder
Folders with restricted permissions Number of folders within the folder that have restricted permissions
% folders with restricted permissions Percentage of folders within the folder that have restricted permissions
Total files Count of all files (not folders) in all folders and subfolders under the candidate (doesn’t discriminate by permissions)
Files with restricted permissions Number of files within the folder that have restricted permissions
Total objects with restricted permissions Total number of files and folders within the folder that have restricted permissions
% total objects with restricted permissions Percentage of files and folders within the folder that have restricted permissions
SharePoint object totals

Provides the total number of all types of SharePoint objects.

Field name Description
Site collection URL URL of the site collection
Type Type of object
Count Number of objects
Permissions count

Provides the number of objects that each user or group has permissions for.

Field name Description
Principal name Name of the object
Count Number of permissions for the object
Permissions report

Provides information about the permissions that exist in your SharePoint environment.

Field name Description
Path URL of the object
Type Type of object
Principal name User or group name
Role assignments Assigned permission
SharePoint to Google migration

Shows a count of objects that can and cannot be migrated from SharePoint to Google Workspace.

Field name Description
URL URL of the SharePoint site
Calendar items Number of calendar items that cannot be migrated
Discussion items Number of discussion items that cannot be migrated
Task items Number of task items that cannot be migrated
Unmappable web parts Number of web parts that cannot be mapped
Site templates Number of site templates that cannot be migrated
Migratable Number of objects in the site that can be migrated
SharePoint usage report

Provides metadata information about the SharePoint environment, including the last modified date.

How to modify

Check the box or boxes to:

  • Include SharePoint sites
  • Include SharePoint lists
  • Include SharePoint list items
  • Include SharePoint libraries
  • Include SharePoint folders
  • Include SharePoint documents

You can exclude data from the reports by using boolean search operators to narrow the created on or last modified date range.

Field name Description
SiteURL URL of the site
Path URL of the object within the site
Name Name of the resource
Type Type of object
Created Date object created
Modified Date object last modified
Depth report

Provides information about the level of hierarchy and location of each scanned folder and the strings required to map deeply nested folders to a specified location in a folder hierarchy.

How to modify

  • Minimum depth—The minimum depth for an item to be included in the report. 
  • Maximum depth—The maximum depth for an item to be included in the report. If you specify 0 (the default), all folders below the minimum depth are included. 
  • Check the Enumerate children box to show the number of items within each folder.
Field name Description
Depth Level of hierarchy of each specified location
Path Path to the location of the object
Child SharePoint webs Number of webs under the specified object
Child SharePoint lists Number of lists under the specified object
Child SharePoint libraries Number of libraries under the specified object
Child SharePoint folders Number of folders under the specified object
Child SharePoint documents Number of documents under the specified object
Child SharePoint list items Number of list items under the specified object
Child SharePoint role assignments Number of role assignments under the specified object
Total children Number of child objects under the specified object
Total size (bytes)

Total binary size of files under the specified object, in bytes.

Note: Only the latest version of each file is counted.

Total size

Total binary size of files under the specified object.

Note: Only the latest version of each file is counted.

Has unique permissions Whether the object has unique permissions (true or false)
Contains unique permissions Whether the object contains items that have unique permissions (true or false)
Supports versions Whether the object supports versioning (true or false)


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