# Activity

The Activity view shows the status and history of long-running activities including Data Transfers, Base Jobs, Base Activity, and Bench Activity.

## Base Jobs

The Base Jobs tab gives an overview of all the actions related to a table or a query that have run or are running (e.g., Copy table, export table, Select \* from table, etc.)

The jobs are shown with their:

* Creation time: When did the job start
* Description: The query or the performed action with some extra information
* Type: Which action was taken
* Status: Failed or succeeded
* Duration: How long the job took
* Billed bytes: The used bytes that need to be payed

Failed jobs provide information on why the job failed. Details are accessed by double-clicking the failed job. Jobs in progress can be aborted here.

## Base Activity

The Base Activity tab gives an overview of previous results (e.g., Executed query, Succeeded Exporting table, Created table, etc.)

The activities are shown with:

* Date: The moment the action was done
* User: The user that requested the action
* Description: An explanation of the action

This list can be exported to excel.