How do I view and audit Dataflow actions like Create/Cancel Job?

Question

I'm using Dataflow with a project with many users, and would like to be able to understand when jobs are created and by whom. Similarly, if a job is cancelled, I'd like to confirm the identity of the initiator of this action.

Answer 1

Google Cloud Platform records these events in a per-service audit log, which is viewable both in the Cloud Logging UI as well as the Activity section. To view an event in Activity, navigate to that page and view the relevant entry, as below:

To view an event in the Log Viewer, go to the Logging page and select 'Dataflow' and 'activity', which should filter results to the structured audit log entries. This will contain more information than the Activity entry, and can be exported to Pub/Sub as well: