Below details the different Salesforce events types for different use cases
1. Change Data Capture
Select the entities that generate change event notifications. Change Data Capture sends notifications for created, updated, deleted, and undeleted records. All custom objects and a subset of standard objects are supported.
/data/AccountChangeEvent – any changes to accounts
- Create account
INFO c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"LastModifiedDate":"2020-05-11T19:32:35.000Z","CleanStatus":"Pending","OwnerId":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","CreatedById":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","Match_Billing_Address__c":false,"ChangeEventHeader":{"commitNumber":10834564859700,"commitUser":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","sequenceNumber":1,"entityName":"Account","changeType":"CREATE","changedFields":[],"changeOrigin":"","transactionKey":"00031938-a4a4-1f2e-d772-c2527e20cff6","commitTimestamp":1589225555000,"recordIds":["0014P00002lJ0ltQAC"]},"CreatedDate":"2020-05-11T19:32:35.000Z","LastModifiedById":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","Name":"Account Event","Total_Assets__c":0.0}
- Update account name
c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"LastModifiedDate":"2020-05-11T19:33:42.000Z","ChangeEventHeader":{"commitNumber":10834565354322,"commitUser":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","sequenceNumber":1,"entityName":"Account","changeType":"UPDATE","changedFields":["Name","LastModifiedDate"],"changeOrigin":"","transactionKey":"000320f7-ff66-5c6d-e66d-540dc1dba750","commitTimestamp":1589225622000,"recordIds":["0014P00002lJ0ltQAC"]},"Name":"Account Event123"}
- Delete account
INFO c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"ChangeEventHeader":{"commitNumber":10834566118523,"commitUser":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","sequenceNumber":1,"entityName":"Account","changeType":"DELETE","changedFields":[],"changeOrigin":"","transactionKey":"000273af-397f-c5ce-b95a-412eb6071ee2","commitTimestamp":1589225728000,"recordIds":["0014P00002lJ0ltQAC"]}}
2. Real-Time Event Monitoring
Real-Time Event Monitoring helps you monitor and detect standard events in Salesforce in near real-time. You can store the event data for auditing or reporting purposes.
/event/LoginEventStream – LoginEventStream tracks login activity of users who log in to Salesforce. This object is available in API version 46.0 and later.
c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"EventDate":"2020-05-11T22:25:59.000Z","CountryIso":"US","Platform":"Unknown","EvaluationTime":0.0,"CipherSuite":"ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384","PostalCode":"20149","ClientVersion":"N/A","LoginGeoId":"04F4P00008ybrGk","LoginUrl":"login.salesforce.com","LoginHistoryId":"0Ya4P0000DF17laSQB","CreatedById":"0054P000009y5URQAY","ApiType":"N/A","LoginType":"Remote Access 2.0","Status":"Success","AdditionalInfo":"{}","ApiVersion":"N/A","EventIdentifier":"46f6deba-e3de-4b07-b294-3ed56736da36","LoginLatitude":39.0481,"City":"Ashburn","Subdivision":"Virginia","NetworkId":"000000000000000","SourceIp":"34.230.66.105","Username":"blah@gmail.com","UserId":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","CreatedDate":"2020-05-11T22:26:05.711Z","Country":"United States","LoginLongitude":-77.4728,"TlsProtocol":"TLS 1.2","LoginKey":"LlUdqQsfSrgiRTDY","Application":"Event App","UserType":"Standard","HttpMethod":"POST","SessionLevel":"STANDARD","Browser":"Unknown"}
/event/ApiEventStream – Tracks these user-initiated read-only API calls: query(), queryMore(), and count()
[HttpClient@771a660-23] INFO c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"EventDate":"2020-05-11T22:28:34.000Z","Platform":"iOS/Mac","Query":"select AccountNumber, AccountSource, Active__c, AnnualRevenue, BillingAddress, BillingGeocodeAccuracy, ChannelProgramLevelName, ChannelProgramName, CleanStatus, CreatedById, CreatedDate, CustomerPriority__c, DandbCompanyId, Description, DunsNumber, Fax, Id, Industry, IsCustomerPortal, IsDeleted, IsPartner, Jigsaw, JigsawCompanyId, LastActivityDate, LastModifiedById, LastModifiedDate, LastReferencedDate, LastViewedDate, MasterRecordId, Match_Billing_Address__c, NaicsCode, NaicsDesc, Name, Number_of_Contacts__c, NumberOfEmployees, NumberofLocations__c, OwnerId, Ownership, Ownership_Check__c, ParentId, Phone, PhotoUrl, Rating, ShippingAddress, ShippingGeocodeAccuracy, Sic, SicDesc, Site, SLA__c, SLAExpirationDate__c, SLASerialNumber__c, SystemModstamp, TickerSymbol, Total_Assets__c, Tradestyle, Type, UpsellOpportunity__c, Website, YearStarted from Account limit 1","EvaluationTime":0.0,"ElapsedTime":51,"Operation":"Query","LoginHistoryId":"0Ya4P0000DF17dtSQB","CreatedById":"0054P000009y5URQAY","SessionKey":"do1y6L0Hc/MNQPEU","ApiType":"SOAP Partner","UserAgent":"SoqlXplorer/3.3 CFNetwork/902.6 Darwin/17.7.0 (x86_64)","Client":"SoqlXplorer/3.3","Records":"{\"totalSize\":1,\"done\":true,\"records\":[{\"attributes\":{\"type\":\"Account\"},\"Id\":\"0014P00002gqPpcQAE\"}]}","AdditionalInfo":"{}","ApiVersion":47.0,"EventIdentifier":"f91c687b-91ab-4c11-8235-d4db95eeb7cc","RowsProcessed":1.0,"SourceIp":"69.181.110.193","Username":"thysmichels@gmail.com","UserId":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","CreatedDate":"2020-05-11T22:28:38.217Z","LoginKey":"PsOEa5SkbjVf4QBC","Application":"N/A","QueriedEntities":"Account","SessionLevel":"STANDARD"}
3. Custom Platform Events
/event/ESBBus__e – custom event bus messages published via Apex: EventBus.publish()
[HttpClient@51c668e3-20] INFO c.g.g.s.s.SalesforcePlatformEventHandler - {"Name__c":"Test","CreatedById":"0054P000009tuVoQAI","CreatedDate":"2020-05-12T02:39:33.955Z"}
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