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name: cloud-logs-compact-views
title: Viewing your data in a compact format in IBM Cloud Logs
description: IBM® Cloud Logs Compact Mode provide a simplified and streamlined view providing data with a view to focus on active monitoring and querying without additional widgets, filters, or statistics. This view is helpful when working with large-scale data and performance-heavy queries.
last-updated: 2026-08-10
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# Viewing your data in a compact format in IBM Cloud Logs
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IBM® Cloud Logs Compact Mode provide a simplified and streamlined view providing data with a view to focus on active monitoring and querying without additional widgets, filters, or statistics. This view is helpful when working with large-scale data and performance-heavy queries.
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Use the Compact Mode to optimize query performance by triggering statistics and filters only when required. This view also enhances usability by removing unnecessary visual clutter when exploring data.
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## Accessing views
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In the left navigation, click the **Explore logs** icon ![Explore logs icon](/icons/explore.svg "Explore logs") > **Logs**. 


## Switching to the Compact Mode
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Set **Compact Mode** to on.

When Compact Mode is enabled, the page opens or reloads without widgets, fiters, and log, tempate, and trace count statistics.

The selected mode will be retained between your user sessions. 

## Differences in behavior when using the Compact Mode
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### Colapsed filter panel
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When opening the collapsed filter panel in Compact Mode, associated statistics are not displayed for better performance.

You can show previously hidden filters in Compact Mode. Click the ![Settings icon](/icons/setting.svg "Settings icon") > **Show Filters**.

### Enabling statistics
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If you want to see statistics you need to turn Compact Mode off. When fast mode is turned off, all relevant queries are run including:

* Filter statistics
* Log count statistics
* Widget queries