# 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 for hourly logs. See also these [Considerations](/docs/platform/api-rest/guide/event-log-file-hourly-overview.md#query-or-view-hourly-event-log-files) regarding hourly event logs. | Key values in the EventLogFile object for 24-hour logs.                                                                                                                      |
| When an hourly incremental log file is delivered, a file with new logs for that hour is created. The `Sequence` field is incremented for each new file.                                                                   | When a daily incremental log file is delivered, a new file replaces the original file with the full set of available logs for that date. The `CreatedDate` field is updated. |

Key values in the EventLogFile object for hourly logs:

- `Interval`—Hourly
- `CreatedDate`—Timestamp of when the log file was created. Use this field to identify new files.
- `LogDate`—Timestamp that marks the beginning of the interval when the events occurred. 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.
- `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 for 24-hour logs:

- `Interval`—Daily
- `CreatedDate`—Timestamp of when the log file was created. Use this field to identify new files.
- `LogDate`—Timestamp that marks the beginning of the interval when the events occurred. For example, for events that occurred on 3/7/2016, this field’s value is 2016-03-07T00:00:00.000+0000.
- `Sequence`—0

:::note
Like with 24-hour event monitoring, hourly event log data is available for the past 30 days.
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