Version History and Audit log don't match

Question

Reviewing the audit log under Event Data it says

<Version><Major>0</Major><Minor>7</Minor></Version>

for "Greg". But when I actually look at the document's version history, I see version 0.7 with someone entirely different.

Is there a reason these don't match up?

Is it a case of someone editing the file and then deleting that file version and SharePoint reusing that version number?

For instance in the Version History I see

0.8 Bob

0.7 Rebecca

0.6 Mark

Given the audit log, I would expect to see 0.7 as Greg but I am seeing Rebecca.

Answer 1

They are same.

Major versions are identified by whole numbers, such as 1.0; minor versions are identified by decimal numbers, such as 0.1.

The "<Version><Major>0</Major><Minor>7</Minor></Version>" means the major is 0 and minor is 7, so the version number is 0.7.

In the library, we can control which users can view the minor versions (drafts).

In many organizations, draft security is set to allow only the owner of a file and people who have permissions to approve files. That means that minor versions cannot be seen by anyone else until a major version is published.

By the way, site collection admins has full control of the site. They can see the minor versions.

Information about major and minor versions