# Refined Logging

**Published:** March 11, 2020 | **Authors:** Christopher Skillicorn, Max Rovensky, Leo Lamprecht | **Category:** Company News

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With the launch of [Log Drains](https://zeit.co/blog/log-drains), we made it easy to pipe the invocation logs of your Serverless Functions or Static Files to a log inspection tool like [LogDNA](https://zeit.co/integrations/logdna) or [Datadog](https://zeit.co/integrations/datadog-logs).

Handing off this piece of your production workflow to a service dedicated to this purpose allowed us to tighten our focus around what we do best: Plug-and-play realtime logs.

## Better Build Logs

When creating a new Deployment, you are always presented with detailed logs showcasing how your source code is getting built. Today, we are introducing a new look for them:

![Inspecting the Build Logs of a Deployment.](//images.ctfassets.net/e5382hct74si/205psBluCRHqxAqHomxUdA/74893129081ee274a54b2d3bf77fdbc8/building.png)

## Better Serverless Function Logs

If you want to inspect the logs of your Serverless Functions in a detailed manner, we recommend installing one of our [Log Drain integrations](https://zeit.co/integrations?category=logging).

Should you only want to take a quick glance at your Real-time Requests, the refined "Functions" tab will make that process very pleasant:

![Inspecting the Realtime Requests of a Deployment.](//images.ctfassets.net/e5382hct74si/m6Mzuqejdv9zmmBb1eKHh/22d0528aa782b355e504479edb945ed1/realtime-requests.png)

The same also goes for errors, which are especially important:

![Inspecting the Errors of a Deployment.](//images.ctfassets.net/e5382hct74si/4GG0axcKveJrIMFYBiAAPR/3355fe2873f6ee965398e38275ba7c2c/errors.png)

## Conclusion

With the help of the refined Build and Serverless Functions Logs, understanding how your Deployment behaves while building or in production is now possible at a glance.

For more complex needs, such as storing logs, we recommend installing a [Log Drain integration](https://zeit.co/integrations?category=logging).

[Let us know what you think](https://zeit.co/contact) about this change.

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