REST API Developer Guide

Introducing Lightning Platform REST API
Quick Start
Examples
Getting Information About My Organization
Working with Object Metadata
Working with Records
Working with Searches and Queries
Insert or Update Blob Data
Working with Recently Viewed Information
Managing User Passwords
Working with Approval Processes and Process Rules
Using Event Monitoring
Describe Event Monitoring Using REST
Query Event Monitoring Data with REST
Get Event Monitoring Content from a Record
Download Large Event Log Files Using cURL with REST
Delete Event Monitoring Data
Generate Hourly Event Log Files (Beta)
Query Hourly Event Log Files
Differences Between Hourly and 24-Hour Event Monitoring
Using Composite Resources
Reference
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Generate Hourly Event Log Files (Beta)

To review events in your org on an accelerated basis, generate event log files in hourly increments for recent activity. Hourly Event Monitoring can give you quicker visibility into security anomalies and custom code performance issues.
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To access the API and query log files: API Enabled and View Event Log Files
To view event log files: View All Data

Examples

Suppose you’re a security analyst monitoring for anomalous user behavior. By pulling more frequent updates into your security system, you can be alerted that a suspicious event has taken place within hours, rather than one or two days later.

In another example, let’s say you’re a developer. You’ve identified a series of Apex failures in your org, and you want to proactively refactor your Apex code to improve performance. You review hourly log files to pinpoint the issues and fix your code in hours, before your end users start complaining about poor performance.

Beta Considerations

  • Hourly Event Monitoring doesn’t support site switching. If your production org instance is moved, the hourly event log files might have a gap in data. As a workaround, use the 24-hour log files.
  • Hourly Event Monitoring integration with the Event Monitoring Analytics app is available upon request. When Hourly Event Monitoring is enabled in the Event Monitoring Analytics app, daily event log file data is unavailable. Data is refreshed once a day in the app, regardless of whether daily or hourly log files are used.
  • Depending on event delivery and final processing time, an event can take up to three hours (from the time of the event) to be available in the log file. It occasionally takes longer.

This release contains a beta version of Hourly Event Monitoring, which means it’s a high-quality feature with known limitations. Hourly Event Monitoring isn’t generally available unless or until Salesforce announces its general availability in documentation or in press releases or public statements. We can’t guarantee general availability within any particular time frame or at all. Make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features. You can provide feedback and suggestions for Hourly Event Monitoring in Ideas in the Trailblazer Community.

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