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Differences Between Hourly and 24-Hour Event Logs

You receive event log files approximately every hour in addition to 24-hour log files. Review the differences between the two logs so that you can filter your files to analyze the event data you want.
Hourly Log Files 24-Hour Log Files
One or more files generated for every hour of activity. One file generated for every 24 hours of activity.
Available in the API and integrated with the Event Monitoring Analytics app on request as part of a Beta program. You can manually import data into third-party visualization apps.

As a beta feature, hourly event log file integration with the Event Monitoring Analytics app is a preview and isn’t part of the “Services” under your master subscription agreement with Salesforce. Use this feature at your sole discretion, and make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features. Salesforce doesn’t guarantee general availability of this feature within any particular time frame or at all, and we can discontinue it at any time. This feature is for evaluation purposes only, not for production use. It’s offered as is and isn’t supported, and Salesforce has no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with it. All restrictions, Salesforce reservation of rights, obligations concerning the Services, and terms for related Non-Salesforce Applications and Content apply equally to your use of this feature.

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Available in the API and integrated with the Event Monitoring Analytics app and third-party visualization apps.
Key values in the EventLogFile object are:
  • Interval—Hourly
  • LogDate—Date and hour in which the log file was generated. For example, for events that occurred between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM on 3/7/2016, this field’s value is 2016-03-07T11:00:00.000Z.

    To find out when the EventLogFile object was created, query CreatedDate.

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  • Sequence—1+. This value increases by 1 when events are added in the same hour after the latest event log file is created. The value resets to 1 in the subsequent hour.
Key values in the EventLogFile object are:
  • Interval—Daily
  • LogDate—Date and time of the log file’s creation. For example, for events that occurred on 3/7/2016, this field’s value is 2016-03-07T00:00:00.000+0000.
  • Sequence—0

Like with 24-hour event monitoring, hourly event log data is available for the past 30 days. When hourly event log files are enabled in the Event Monitoring Analytics app, daily event log file data is unavailable. Data is refreshed once a day in the app, regardless of whether daily or hourly log files are used.

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