---
title: "Retrace Daily Log Usage"
slug: "faq-how-do-i-monitor-daily-log-usage"
description: "Monitor log statements efficiently with Log Query Monitors. Set up log queries, save searches, and receive alerts when usage exceeds thresholds. View and analyze results easily."
updated: 2019-07-03T15:13:49Z
published: 2019-07-03T15:13:49Z
---

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# How Do I Monitor Daily Log Usage?

This guide helps you monitor the number of log statements recorded over the past 24 hours and **calculate your usage from it** . It gives you the flexibility to create [Log Query Monitors](https://docs.stackify.com/docs/monitors-log-queries). Also, it provides alerts in case your usage reached its defined threshold.

### Step 1 - Set up the query

Click on the **Logs** tab and click on the **View Logs** link.

![View Logs](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/View%20Logs.png)

Set the time frame to **Last Day**, and click **Save**.

![Last Day](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Last%20Day.png)

### Step 2 - Save the search

In the **Save Search** dialog box, under **Save new**, you can enter a name to search. In this case, "**All Logs**" is used but you are free to create whatever you prefer.

![Save Search](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Save%20Search.png)

### **Step 3 - Verify log search is saved**

Click on the **Searches** tab on the sidebar. It will list the current saved searches in your account.

![All Logs](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/All%20Logs.png)

### **Step 4 - Create the log query monitor**

Click **Go to Log Queries** to visit the [Log Query Monitors](https://s1.stackify.com/Monitoring/Resources/Logs) page.

![Go to Log Queries](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Go%20to%20Log%20Queries.png)

Click on the **Add New** button.

![Add New(2)](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Add%20New%282%29.png)

Once a new log query monitor is created, you can configure its properties by clicking the highlighted icon on its left side and click on the **Configure** link.

![configure](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/configure.png)

To configure, here are the critical properties:

- **Check Frequency** - *Every Hour* is a reasonable frequency, but you can change it according to your preference.
- **Search Time Frame** - Set this to *1440* minutes (24 hours). It will ensure that the monitor aggregates data for the last 24 hours.

![Configure Log Monitor(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Configure%20Log%20Monitor%281%29.png)

### **Step 5 - See the results**

Now that you have a working log monitor, you can view the record count on the Log Query Monitors screen. You can keep tabs on the number of results, [add alert & notification thresholds](https://docs.stackify.com/docs/alerts-and-notifications-overview) so you can be alerted when there are an excessive number of log statements, and you can get an estimate of the [amount of storage your log statements used](https://docs.stackify.com/docs/monitors-log-queries).

![Log Query Monitors](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/Log%20Query%20Monitors.png)