You might find that your Admin console reports and audit logs don’t show the latest data, because reports don’t reflect real-time data. The lag times in the table below show how long it can take before data for specific Admin console reports and audit logs is available. Some reports might take longer to display updated information.
Important: There's a small chance that reports and audit logs for some events will be delayed beyond the specified times below. In very rare cases, events may not be reported.
Lag times
The lag times in this table show how long it can take before data for specific Admin console reports and audit logs is available.
Highlights
| Item name | Report name | Lag time |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar | Calendar report | 1–3 days |
| Classroom | Classroom report | 1–3 days |
| Currents | Currents report | 1–3 days |
| Document link shared status | Drive report | 1–3 days |
| Drive | Drive report | 1–3 days |
| Gmail | Gmail report | 1–3 days |
| Hangouts | Hangouts report | 1–3 days |
Security
| Item name | Report name | Lag time |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Step Verification Enrollment | 2-Step Verification Enrollment report | 1–3 days |
| External apps | External apps report | 1–3 days |
| External shares | External shares report | 1–3 days |
| Internal shares | Internal shares report | 1–3 days |
Aggregate reports
| Item name | Report name | Lag time |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts | Accounts report | 1–3 days |
| Apps Script | Apps Script report | 1–3 days |
| Chrome | Apps and extension usage report | 1–3 days |
| Chrome | Version report | 1–3 days |
| Currents | Currents report | 1–3 days |
| Drive | Drive report | 1–3 days |
| Gmail | Gmail report | 1–3 days |
| Hangouts Chat | Hangouts Chat report | 1–3 days |
| Mobile | Mobile report | 1–3 days |
Apps usage activity
| Item name | Report name | Lag time |
|---|---|---|
| Drive storage used | Drive storage used report | 1–3 days |
| Files added | Files added report | 1–3 days |
| Files edited | Files edit report | 1–3 days |
| Files viewed | Files viewed report | 1–3 days |
| Gmail storage used | Gmail storage used report | 1–3 days |
| Google Sheets added | Google Sheets added report | 1–3 days |
| Photos storage used | Photo storage used report | 1–3 days |
| Total storage used | Total storage used report | 1–3 days |
Audit
| Item name | Report name | Lag time |
|---|---|---|
| Access Transparency | Access Transparency audit | near real time (couple of minutes) |
| Admin | Admin audit | near real time (couple of minutes) |
| Calendar | Calendar audit | tens of minutes (can also go up to a couple of hours) |
| Chat | Chat audit | 1–3 days |
| Currents | Currents audit | 1–3 days |
| Data Studio | Data Studio audit | near real time (in most cases, a couple of minutes) |
| Drive | Drive audit | near real time (couple of minutes) |
| Email log search | Email audit | 1–3 days |
| Groups | Groups audit | tens of minutes (can also go up to a couple of hours) |
| Jamboard | Jamboard audit | 1–3 days |
| LDAP | LDAP audit | 1–3 days |
| Login | Login audit | usually within a few minutes, but can be a few hours |
| Meet | Meet audit | near real time (couple of minutes) |
| Meet quality tool | Meet quality | near real time (couple of minutes) |
| Mobile devices | Devices audit | up to a few hours |
| SAML | SAML audit | up to a few hours |
| Token | Token audit | a couple of hours |
| User accounts | User accounts audit | tens of minutes |
| Voice | Voice audit | 1–3 days |
Retrieving report or audit log data for older dates or a wide time range might take so long that, by the time results are available, the most recent log data might no longer be fresh. For tools that require real-time monitoring, use a short time range.
Many products listed above (such as Gmail and Google Drive) are relevant for Google Workspace only, and not for other Google services, such as Cloud Identity.
How long is data saved?
You can access Admin console audit logs and reports data this far back:
|
Audit log or report name |
Data retention time |
|---|---|
| Access Transparency | 6 months |
| Account activity reports | 6 months |
| Admin audit log | 6 months |
| Audit data retrieved using the API | 6 months |
| Calendar audit log | 6 months |
| Chat audit log | 6 months |
| Chrome apps and extension usage report | 12 months (also configurable by admin) |
| Chrome version report | 12 months (also configurable by admin) |
| Currents audit log | 6 months |
| Customer/User usage data retrieved using the API | 15 months |
| Data Studio audit log | 6 months |
| Devices audit log (availability of these logs is dependent on your subscription) | 6 months |
| Drive audit log (availability of these logs is dependent on your subscription) | 6 months |
| Email log search | 30 days |
| Entities usage data retrieved using the API | 30 days |
| Groups audit log | 6 months |
| Jamboard audit log | 6 months |
| Login audit log | 6 months |
| Meet audit log | 6 months |
| Meet quality tool | 30 days (Meetings older than 28 days are not displayed in the Admin Console) |
| OAuth Token audit log (availability of these logs is dependent on your subscription) | 6 months |
| SAML audit log | 6 months |
| Security reports | 6 months |
| User accounts audit log | 6 months |
| Voice audit log | 6 months |
Note: For reports and audit logs not mentioned here, the retention time is generally 6 months.
