# Configure OTel retention

> Configure OTel retention - Configure how long OpenTelemetry traces, logs, and metrics are retained
> for your organization.

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## Primary page

- [Configure OTel retention](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/otel-retention.html.md): Full documentation for this topic (Markdown sidecar).

## Sections on this page

- [Related topics](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/otel-retention.html.md#related-topics): In-page section heading.

## Related documentation

- [Account management](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Administrator's guide](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Manage organizations](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/manage-entities/manage-orgs.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Logs](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-console/nxt-activity-log/nxt-otel-logs.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [OTel metrics](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-console/nxt-monitoring/nxt-otel-metrics.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data exploration](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/sdk/data-exploration.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Application telemetry](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/otel-telemetry.html.md): Linked from this page.

## Documentation content

OpenTelemetry (OTel) traces, logs, and metrics are retained per organization. The retention policy you set for a signal type applies to all users in the organization. Retention is configured per organization; there's no per-user or per-team retention setting.

> [!NOTE] Required permission
> System administrator

If an organization hasn't set a policy explicitly, DataRobot applies the 14-day policy to trial organizations and the 30-day policy to standard organizations.

1. Click Admin settings in the top navigation. The Organizations tab is open by default.
2. From the Organizations tab, click the organization you want to configure retention for.
3. In the organization profile, click Telemetry retention .
4. On the Telemetry retention tab, for each signal type—Traces,Logs,Metrics—select a retention policy from the dropdown. Each signal type can use a different policy. RetentionPolicy14 daysdatavolt-otel-14d-policy30 daysdatavolt-otel-30d-policy60 daysdatavolt-otel-60d-policy90 daysdatavolt-otel-90d-policy180 daysdatavolt-otel-180d-policy360 daysdatavolt-otel-360d-policy
5. ClickSaveto apply the new policy.

## Related topics

| Topic | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Manage organizations | Create organizations and configure organization-level settings. |
| Logs | View OTel logs for a deployment. |
| OTel metrics | View and configure OTel metrics dashboards. |
| Data exploration | Explore distributed traces for deployments. |
| Application telemetry | OTel surfaces for Workloads. |