Audit logs play a critical role in ensuring transparency, compliance, and traceability within any cloud infrastructure. In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the Audit service emits detailed event logs that can be accessed through the OCI Console Logging Audit page or searched directly from the Search interface alongside other logs.

By default, Oracle allows you to export Audit Logs in JSON format for a custom time range of up to 14 days from the Oracle Cloud Console. While this meets the basic compliance needs, many organizations require extended visibility for periodic reviews, audits, and integration with downstream systems like Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) or Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI).

To support extended auditing, Oracle provides a tutorial for deploying a custom script that can export Audit Logs for periods longer than 14 days in CSV format. This is ideal for historical tracking and reporting.