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title: "Usage Explained"
slug: "what-usage-information-is-collected-by-panaya-1"
updated: 2021-12-27T19:50:26Z
published: 2021-12-27T19:50:26Z
canonical: "success.panaya.com/what-usage-information-is-collected-by-panaya-1"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://success.panaya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Usage Explained

SFDC provides usage collection mechanisms for the impacted components. With every extraction, Panaya carries out the following - 

- Extracts the existing usage history from each different usage mechanism
- Aggregates the existing usage information in Panaya

Panaya collects the usage statistics for the components listed below -  

[With Event Log Monitoring Data](/v1/docs/required-salesforce-user-privileges-for-metadata-and-usage-extraction)****(click [here](/v1/docs/required-salesforce-user-privileges-for-metadata-and-usage-extraction) to view required permissions)

- Dashboards
- Reports
- Visualforce Pages

[Without Event Log Monitoring Data](/v1/docs/required-salesforce-user-privileges-for-metadata-and-usage-extraction)

- Reports (View Reports in Public Folders is required to retrieve usage for all public folders reports)
- Visualforce Pages (version 42 and above) (requires Customize Application)
- Approval Processes

## Related

- [Usage Field for Salesforce](/how-does-panaya-determine-usage-2.md)
- [Fixing Salesforce Usage Authentication Validation ](/how-to-fix-usage-authentication-validation-with-salesforce.md)
- [Required User Privileges for Metadata Extraction](/required-salesforce-user-privileges-for-metadata-and-usage-extraction.md)