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description: Basic Audit Trail provides fundamental security-related metrics. With Basic Audit Trail, Marketing Cloud Engagement retains 30 days of data. Basic Audit Trail is on by default in all accounts.
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# Basic Audit Trail Metrics

Basic Audit Trail provides fundamental security-related metrics. With Basic Audit Trail, Marketing Cloud Engagement retains 30 days of data. Basic Audit Trail is on by default in all accounts.

For more in-depth metrics and a longer retention period, use [Advanced Audit Trail](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_audit_trail_advanced_metrics.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Advanced Audit Trail is available as an add-on. It includes all the metrics that Basic Audit Trail provides, and extra metrics related to channels, sites, analytics, and automations. Advanced Audit Trail retains data for 60 days.").

## Setup Metrics

Basic Audit Trail logs these events related to setup:

- User authentication, including logins and logouts at the enterprise level, but not at the business unit level
- IP addresses used to access Marketing Cloud Engagement
- Changes to users, user permissions, and roles
- Changes to user passwords

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_marketing_cloud_overview-264-0-0-production-enus/2555afdb-8049-4e3c-8043-0e04803e5f16/images/icon_note.png)

Note Audit Trail doesn’t log an `ObjectName` value for these events:

- When an admin assigns a custom role to a user
- When an admin assigns a role to a business unit
- When an admin assigns a role to a user of a business unit
- When an admin updates security settings
- When an admin updates user permissions

## Installed Package Metrics

Basic Audit Trail logs information about these events related to installed packages:

- Staging and activating client secrets
- Creation, modification, deletion, and licensing of installed packages
- Permission scope changes for package components
- Creation, modification, and deletion of package components
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_marketing_cloud_overview-264-0-0-production-enus/2555afdb-8049-4e3c-8043-0e04803e5f16/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note Audit Trail doesn’t track deletion events for API Integration or Marketing Cloud App components.

#### See Also

- [Audit Trail](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_audit_trail.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "View Marketing Cloud Engagement access and activity records with Audit Trail. Pull Audit Trail records in Automation Studio data extracts or by using REST API. Analyze the information from Audit Trail in your preferred tools or archive it for later reference.")
- [Advanced Audit Trail Metrics](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_audit_trail_advanced_metrics.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Advanced Audit Trail is available as an add-on. It includes all the metrics that Basic Audit Trail provides, and extra metrics related to channels, sites, analytics, and automations. Advanced Audit Trail retains data for 60 days.")