What is a Salesforce platform event?

Posted by Reinaldo Massengill on Thursday, March 24, 2022
Platform Events are used to deliver secure, scalable, and customizable notification within Salesforce or external app. Platform Event is based on Event-Driven Architecture. This is built in real time integration patterns in the Salesforce Platform which helps to reduce point-to-point integration.

Herein, what are platform events?

Platform events enable developers to deliver secure, scalable, and customizable event notifications within the Salesforce platform or from external sources. Platform events are based on a publish-subscribe architecture.

Beside above, how do I enable custom platform events in Salesforce? Define a Custom Platform Event

  • From Setup, enter Platform Events in the Quick Find box, then select Platform Events.
  • On the Platform Events page, click New Platform Event.
  • Complete the standard fields, and optionally add a description.
  • For Event Type, select High Volume.
  • Click Save.

    • Also to know, how do I use platform events in Salesforce?

    You can publish and consume platform events by using Apex or a REST API or SOAP API. Platform events integrate with the Salesforce platform through Apex triggers. Triggers are the event consumers on the Salesforce platform that listen to event messages. Unlike custom objects, you can't update or delete event records.

    How do I subscribe to a platform event?

    Subscribe to Platform Event Notifications with Apex Triggers

  • Click the Setup icon, select Developer Console, and click File | New | Apex Trigger.
  • Provide a name and choose your event for the sObject, and click Submit.

    • What is CDC in Salesforce?

    Change Data Capture is a streaming product on the Lightning Platform that enables you to efficiently integrate your Salesforce data with external systems. With Change Data Capture, you can receive changes of Salesforce records in real time and synchronize corresponding records in an external data store.

    What is Salesforce PushTopic?

    A PushTopic is an sObject that contains the criteria of events you want to listen to, such as data changes for a particular object. You define the criteria as a SOQL query in the PushTopic and specify the record operations to notify on (create, update, delete, and undelete).

    What is event monitoring salesforce?

    Event monitoring is one of many tools that Salesforce provides to help keep your data secure. It lets you see the granular details of user activity in your organization. You can view information about individual events or track trends in events to swiftly identify abnormal behavior and safeguard your company's data.

    How do I enable event monitoring in Salesforce?

    Enable Event Monitoring In Setup, enter Event in the Quick Find box, then select Event Monitoring Settings. Select View Event Log Data in Analytics Apps.

    What is event driven architecture in lightning?

    Salesforce Event Driven Architecture is the new way of implementing business logic by leveraging High Volume Platform Event. The Event Driven Architecture is also called as a publisher/subscriber model where the publishers and the subscribers are not known to each other and can co-exist independently.

    How do you debug a platform event?

    The debug logs aren't available in the Developer Console's Log tab.

    Set Up Debug Logs for Event Subscriptions

  • From Setup, enter Debug Logs in the Quick Find box, then click Debug Logs.
  • Click New.
  • For Traced Entity Type, select Automated Process.
  • Select the time period to collect logs and the debug level.
  • Click Save.

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