Hello AppSheet Community,
I am preparing a proposal for a client and have two specific questions regarding the functionality and licensing of the Audit History feature. I would be very grateful for your expertise on this.
Question 1: Specific Features of the Enterprise Audit History (Log analyzer)
We are trying to understand the concrete differences between the Audit History available in the Core plan versus the Enterprise plan. The documentation states that Enterprise offers “richer filtering and analysis capabilities (Log analyzer),” but to justify the value to our client, we need more specific details.
Could someone please elaborate on what the Enterprise “Log analyzer” can do that the Core version cannot? For example:
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Graphical Analysis: Does it provide visual dashboards to track activity over time, such as charts showing operations (Adds/Updates/Deletes) per user?
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Performance Insights: Can it identify performance bottlenecks, like users experiencing slow syncs or specific actions causing frequent errors, and offer recommendations for improvement?
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Advanced Filtering: Does it allow for complex, multi-conditional queries, such as “Filter for all ‘Delete’ operations by ‘User A’ on ‘Table B’ within the last 30 days”?
Any screenshots or detailed examples of the Enterprise Log analyzer’s interface and capabilities would be extremely helpful.
Question 2: Viability of a Mixed-License Scenario (Admin-Only Enterprise)
Our client has a Google Workspace subscription, and their users have AppSheet Core licenses. We are planning to build an app for them with the following licensing structure in mind:
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The App’s Functionality: The app itself (its tables, views, actions, etc.) will be built using features available only within the Core plan. We will not enable any in-app Enterprise features like
Enable Audit History alerts. -
The Developer/Admin Account (1 user): We, the developers, would purchase a single Enterprise license for our own account.
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The App Users (Client’s employees): They would continue to use the app with their existing Google Workspace (Core) licenses.
The core of our question is this:
Our sole reason for the single Enterprise license is so that our developer account can use the “Log analyzer’s” advanced analysis capabilities as a monitoring and troubleshooting tool.
Given that the app itself remains at a “Core” feature level, can the end-users operate it with their Core licenses? Or, does the act of an admin monitoring the app with the Enterprise Log analyzer automatically classify the entire app as “Enterprise,” thereby requiring all of its users to also have Enterprise licenses?
We are asking because the Log analyzer feels like a separate administrative tool, rather than a feature directly integrated into the app for the end-user. We need to understand how the AppSheet licensing model treats this specific scenario.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. We sincerely appreciate any insights or experiences you can share.