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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions admin_manual/configuration_server/activity_configuration.rst
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Expand Up @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ The following ``config.php`` options control Activity app behavior.
- ``[]``
- An array of user IDs whose activity records are never deleted
by the expiration job. See :ref:`label-activities-exclude-users`.
* - ``activity_log_exclude_users``
- ``[]``
- An associative array of [ user_ID => event_types_array ]. For each user the
associated event types won't be logged. See :ref:`label-activity_log_exclude_users`.
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.. _label-activities-groupfolders:
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For these users, their activity records will never be deleted from the
database.

.. _label-activity_log_exclude_users:

Excluding event types for users
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For certain users, it might make sense to exclude some event types from
being logged. For example set the config value
``activity_log_exclude_users`` in your ``config.php``::

'activity_log_exclude_users' => [
'alice' => ['file_created'],

@miaulalala miaulalala Jul 16, 2026

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not sure if there is a reference for event types already - if there is, please link it somewhere here

'bob' => ['file_created', 'file_changed' ]
]
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For these users and event types a log record won't be created.


Better scheduling of activity emails
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