Visualforce Request Event Type

Visualforce Request events contain details of Visualforce requests. Requests can originate from the browser (UI).

For details about event monitoring, see the Trailhead Event Monitoring module or REST API Developer’s Guide.

Fields

Field Details
CLIENT_IP
Type
String
Description
The IP address of the client that’s using Salesforce services. A Salesforce internal IP (such as a login from AppExchange) is shown as “Salesforce.com IP”.
For example: 96.43.144.26.
CONTROLLER_TYPE
Type
Number
Description
The type of controller that’s used by the requested Visualforce page.
Possible Values
  • 0: NOT_SPECIFIED—The controller type is not specified.
  • 1: STANDARD—The controller is a standard controller.
  • 2: CUSTOM—The controller is a custom controller or controller extension.
  • 3: JAVA—For internal use only.
  • 4: STANDARD_SET—The controller is a standard list controller.
  • 5: SPRING—Not used.
CPU_TIME
Type
Number
Description
The CPU time in milliseconds used to complete the request. This field indicates the amount of activity taking place in the app server layer.
DB_BLOCKS
Type
Number
Description
Indicates how much activity is occurring in the database. A high value for this field suggests that adding indexes or filters on your queries would benefit performance.
DB_CPU_TIME
Type
Number
Description
The CPU time in milliseconds to complete the request. Indicates the amount of activity taking place in the database layer during the request.
DB_TOTAL_TIME
Type
Number
Description
The time in nanoseconds for a database round trip. Includes time spent in the JDBC driver, network to the database, and DB_CPU_TIME. Compare this field to CPU_TIME to determine whether performance issues are occurring in the database layer or in your own code.
EVENT_TYPE
Type
String
Description
The type of event. The value is always VisualforceRequest.
HTTP_METHOD
Type
String
Description
The HTTP method of the request.
For example: GET, POST, PUT, and so on.
IS_AJAX_REQUEST
Type
Boolean
Description
The value is true if the request is a partial page request.
IS_FIRST_REQUEST
Type
Boolean
Description
1 if this page is the first Visualforce transaction in the request, or 0 if it isn't.
LOGIN_KEY
Type
String
Description
The string that ties together all events in a given user’s login session. It starts with a login event and ends with either a logout event or the user session expiring.
For example: GeJCsym5eyvtEK2I.
MANAGED_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE
Type
String
Description
If the page is part of a managed package, the namespace of that package.
ORGANIZATION_ID
Type
Id
Description
The 15-character ID of the organization.
For example: 00D000000000123.
PAGE_NAME
Type
String
Description
The name of the Visualforce page that was requested.
QUERY
Type
String
Description
The query string used to access the requested Visualforce page.
Example
Let’s assume that the requested Visualforce page (/apex/myAccountDetailPage?id=001xx000003GYv6AAG) shows details of the account whose ID is in the URL. The value of QUERY in this case is ?id=001xx000003GYv6AAG.
REQUEST_ID
Type
String
Description
The unique ID of a single transaction. A transaction can contain one or more events. Each event in a given transaction has the same REQUEST_ID.
For example: 3nWgxWbDKWWDIk0FKfF5DV.
REQUEST_SIZE
Type
Number
Description
The size of the request body, in bytes. Value is -1 if the request body content is larger than 2GB, or if the request has no body (for example, a typical GET request).
REQUEST_STATUS
Type
String
Description
The status of the request for a page view or user interface action.
For example:
  • S—Success. Salesforce handled the request successfully. If an Apex controller throws an exception, this status is also returned.
  • F—Failure. Typically 4xx or 5xx HTTP codes, such as no permission to view page, page took too long to render, page is read-only.
  • U—Undefined
  • A—Authorization Error
  • R—Redirect. Typically a 3xx HTTP code, possibly initiated by an Apex controller in a Visualforce page.
  • N—Not Found. 404 error.
This field can have a blank value.
REQUEST_TYPE
Type
String
Description
The request type.
Possible values are:
  • page—a normal request for a page
  • content_UI—a content request for a page that originated in the user interface
  • content_apex—a content request initiated by an Apex call
  • PDF_UI—a request for a page in PDF format through the user interface
  • PDF_apex—a request for PDF format by an Apex call (usually a Web Service call)
RESPONSE_SIZE
Type
Number
Description
The size of the response, in bytes.
RUN_TIME
Type
Number
Description
The amount of time that the request took in milliseconds.
SESSION_KEY
Type
String
Description
The user’s unique session ID. You can use this value to identify all user events within a session. When a user logs out and logs in again, a new session is started.
For example: d7DEq/ANa7nNZZVD.
TIMESTAMP
Type
String
Description
The access time of Salesforce services in GMT.
For example: 20130715233322.670.
TIMESTAMP_DERIVED
Type
DateTime
Description
The access time of Salesforce services in ISO8601-compatible format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ).
For example: 2015-07-27T11:32:59.555Z. Timezone is GMT.
URI
Type
String
Description
The URI of the page that’s receiving the request.
For example: /home/home.jsp.
URI_ID_DERIVED
Type
ID
Description
The 18-character case insensitive ID of the URI of the page that’s receiving the request.
USER_AGENT
Type
Number
Description
The numeric code for the type of client used to make the request (for example, the browser, application, or API).
USER_ID
Type
Id
Description
The 15-character ID of the user who’s using Salesforce services through the UI or the API.
For example: 00530000009M943
USER_ID_DERIVED
Type
Id
Description
The 18-character case insensitive ID of the user who’s using Salesforce services through the UI or the API.
For example: 00590000000I1SNIA0.
USER_TYPE
Type
String
Description
The category of user license.
Possible values are:
  • CsnOnly—Users whose access to the application is limited to Chatter. This user type includes Chatter Free and Chatter moderator users.
  • CspLitePortal—CSP Lite Portal license. Users whose access is limited because they’re organization customers and access the application through a customer portal or an Experience Cloud site.
  • CustomerSuccess—Customer Success license. Users whose access is limited because they’re organization customers and access the application through a customer portal.
  • Guest—Users whose access is limited so that your customers can view and interact with your site without logging in.
  • PowerCustomerSuccess—Power Customer Success license. Users whose access is limited because they’re organization customers and access the application through a customer portal. Users with this license type can view and edit data they directly own or data owned by or shared with users below them in the customer portal role hierarchy.
  • PowerPartner—Power Partner license. Users whose access is limited because they’re partners and typically access the application through a partner portal or site.
  • SelfService—Users whose access is limited because they’re organization customers and access the application through a self-service portal.
  • Standard—Standard user license. This user type also includes Salesforce Platform and Salesforce Platform One user licenses, and admins for this org.
VIEW_STATE_SIZE
Type
Number
Description
The size of the Visualforce view state, in bytes.