# Slack

## **Why syncing my Slack data to** [**Whaly**](https://whaly.io)**?**

Syncing your Slack can be useful for various use cases:

* Monitor the number of Active Users on your Slack workspace and their number of exchanged messages
* Understand who are your most engaged Users and on which Channels they are exchanging information
* Track your historical number of Users for "public" Slack communities
* ...

## Which Slack data is synced by [Whaly](https://whaly.io)?

[Whaly](https://whaly.io) 🐳 is currently syncing the following data:

* **User**: A member in your workspace.
* **Conversation**: A conversation object contains information about a channel-like thing in Slack. It might be a public channel, a private channel, a direct message, or a multi-person direct message.
* **Conversation Member**: Link Users and Conversations in which they belong.
* **Message**: Messages are text communication exchanged on Conversations by Users.

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[You can find the relationship between all those objects here.](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlTN9qShuyexnm_4F-SUZMMRxu4r_uhnlGtpGJW20RE/edit?usp=sharing)


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