# Tutorial: View CloudWatch Logs
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You can view and search CloudWatch Logs logs in the AWS Management Console.

**Note**  
It might take a few minutes for data to display in CloudWatch Logs.

**To view your CloudWatch Logs data**

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Logs**, then choose **Log groups**.  
![\[CloudWatch console log groups\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/userguide/images/cwl-log-groups.png)

1. Choose a log group to view.  
![\[CloudWatch console log streams\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/userguide/images/cw_log_stream.png)

1. Choose a log stream to view. By default, the streams are identified by the first 200 characters of the job name and the Amazon ECS task ID.
**Tip**  
To download log stream data, choose **Actions**.  
![\[CloudWatch console log events\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/userguide/images/cw_log_events.png)