The structure of the database for statistics, how to organize?

Question

Database

There is a table in a DB in which records about some objects are stored. My software selects data in batches from this table. That is, the program pulls out 10-15 objects at a time. I need to store statistics about the received packs. I'm thinking of just making 1 more table in the database and let the software write there what it does, for example date, number of objects.
Question: “What is the best way to record which object IDs were received by the program in this batch?”

Answer 1

It depends what you do with these IDs.
If you want to JOIN, then it's better to make an intermediate table, as everyone does for many-to-many hierarchies.

Answer 2

Depends on further actions with these statistics.
In the general case - date, id