History to Maintain People how viewed the SharePoint items

Question

I have SharePoint list with items (item 1,item 2,Item 3 or 3 rows), I want to maintain the history or list of people for each item who viewed it. Can any one help me how can I maintain the history for viewing the items in the new SharePoint list?

Answer 1

If you are using MOSS (2007) or SP 2010 you can setup an Information Management Policy. This allows you to audit various events, including: "Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties"

You can set auditing at various levels, including: content types, the web application, etc.

More info here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262490.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc824909(office.12).aspx

Answer 2

You can also use the the Site Collection Audit Settings within the Site Collection Administration section of site settings to track views as well. You can track the following information:

Documents and Items

• Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties

• Editing items

• Checking out or checking in items
• Moving or copying items to another location in the site
• Deleting or restoring items

Lists, Libraries, and Sites

• Editing content types and columns

• Searching site content

• Editing users and permissions