Log Export Service \(LES\)

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title: Log Export Service \(LES\)
description: Log Export Service \(LES\) lets you seamlessly export your instance system and application logs into your enterprise security analytic tools.
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# Log Export Service \(LES\)

Log Export Service \(LES\) lets you seamlessly export your instance system and application logs into your enterprise security analytic tools.

## Get started

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[Explore \[Omitted image "bus-explore.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Log Export Service \(LES\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-landing-page.md)

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[Configure \[Omitted image "bus-sdlc.svg"\] Alt text: Configure LES for Kafka and MID server consumers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-configure.md)

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[Use \[Omitted image "bus-integration-and-apis.svg"\] Alt text: Review log reports using LES](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-use.md)

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</table>## Troubleshoot and get help

-   [Ask or answer questions about Log Export Service \(LES\) in the ServiceNow Community](https://www.servicenow.com/community/)
-   [Search the Known Error Portal for known error articles](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0597477)
-   For cloning recommendations for LES, including tables to preserve and exclude, see [Tables to be preserved to keep the LES configuration](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2151384).

-   **[Exploring Log Export Service \(LES\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-landing-page.md)**  
LES provides scalable, near real-time integration with analytic tools for security threat detection, performance optimization, and user experience monitoring. If you're new to LES, read this overview section to learn what the tool can do
-   **[Administering Log Export Service \(LES\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-administer.md)**  
Use LES to create log source configurations, manage multi-topics per source type, and run on-demand exports of existing logs.
-   **[Configuring Log Export Service \(LES\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-configure.md)**  
Use guided setup to step through the initial configuration of LES. Guided setup assists you with planning the roll-out of the product and performing the basic configuration to go live.
-   **[Using Log Export Service \(LES\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-use.md)**  
Use LES to review the log report dashboard.
-   **[Log Export Service \(LES\) references](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-references.md)**  
Find all the miscellaneous information about LES in the reference section.

**Parent Topic:**[Platform Security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/platsec-sublanding.md)