---
title: Export Logs
description: Export your Log Explorer view to reuse it later or in different contexts.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Log Management > Log Explorer > Export Logs
---

# Export Logs

## Overview{% #overview %}

At any moment, and depending on your current aggregation, **export** or **save** your log exploration as a:

- [**Saved View**](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/saved_views/) to use as an investigation starting point for future-yourself or your teammates.
- [**Dashboard widget**](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/) or [**Notebooks widget**](https://docs.datadoghq.com/notebooks/) for reporting or consolidation purposes.
- [**Monitor**](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/types/log/) to trigger alerts on predefined thresholds.
- [**Metric**](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/logs_to_metrics) to aggregate your logs into long term KPIs, as they are ingested in Datadog.
- **cURL command** to test your queries in the Log Explorer and then build custom reports using [Datadog APIs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/).
- **CSV** (for individual logs and transactions). You can export up to 100,000 logs at once for individual logs, 300 for Patterns, and 500 for Transactions. You can also download a timeseries, top list, or table view as a CSV file.
- **Share** View: Share a link to the current view with your teammates through email, Slack, and more. See all of the [Datadog notification integrations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/#cat-notification) available for this feature.

{% image
   source="https://datadog-docs.imgix.net/images/logs/explorer/export3.4da74e74b5149e0f78620b02dac2efb6.png?auto=format"
   alt="Search Filter" /%}

You can also save individual logs to a notebook by selecting `Save to notebook` in the log event side panel. Logs saved to notebooks are displayed in a reader-friendly format, and this display is saved in the Notebook even after the log event itself has aged out of retention.

{% image
   source="https://datadog-docs.imgix.net/images/logs/explorer/save_logs_to_notebooks.c23a68845c7db8f75f17d6638e2676a7.png?auto=format"
   alt="Save logs to notebooks" /%}

To retrieve a log list longer than the maximum 1000 logs limit returned by the Logs API, use [the pagination feature](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/guide/collect-multiple-logs-with-pagination/?tab=v2api).

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Learn how to filter logs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/search)
- [Learn how to group logs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/analytics)
- [Create visualizations from logs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/visualize)