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Limitations querying data

Limitations querying data

Limits exist when querying data in IBM® Cloud Logs.

Log query limits for Direct HTTP API Archive Query

Results returned

The maximum number of rows that are returned from a query depends if you are querying from Priority insights or data that is stored in IBM Cloud Object Storage.

  • The maximum number of results that are returned from Priority insights is 12 K.
  • The maximum number of results that are returned from IBM Cloud Object Storageis 50 K.

Bytes scanned

A maximum of 100 MB is scanned for Priority insights data. No limit exists when data stored in IBM Cloud Object Storage is scanned.

Rate limiting

A maximum of 10 queries per minute can be submitted.

When the rate limit is exceeded, an HTTP 429 is returned.