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. You can manually import data into third-party visualization apps.	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. Tip 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. See also these Considerations regarding hourly event logs.	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

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. You can manually import data into third-party visualization apps.

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.
Tip
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.

See also these Considerations regarding hourly event logs.

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.

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Differences Between Hourly and 24-Hour Event Logs