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What are platform events and what do they do?
Platform events are secure and scalable messages that contain data. Publishers publish event messages that subscribers receive in real time. To customize the data published, define platform event fields.
How to subscribe to platform events in process builder?
Processes built in Process Builder can subscribe to platform events and receive event messages published through Apex, APIs, flows, and other processes. Processes provide an autosubscription mechanism. To subscribe a process to a platform event, build the process to start when it receives a platform event message.
How is platformeventusagemetric data broken down by event?
PlatformEventUsageMetric contains actual event usage data broken down by type of event for platform events and change data capture events. PlatformEventUsageMetric usage data is available for the last 24 hours, ending at the last hour, and for historical daily usage for the last 45 days.
How is the Order of platform event messages determined?
A process evaluates platform event messages in the order they’re received. The order of event messages is based on the event replay ID. A process can receive a batch of event messages at once, up to a maximum of 2,000 event messages. The order of event messages is preserved within each batch.
How to receive platform events in cometd clients?
Receive platform events in processes, flows, Apex triggers, or CometD clients. Add Apex tests to test platform event subscribers. Before you can package or deploy Apex code, including triggers, to production, it must have tests and sufficient code coverage.
What are platform events in Salesforce enterprise messaging?
Platform events are secure and scalable messages that contain data. Publishers publish event messages that subscribers receive in real time. To customize the data published, define platform event fields. Platform events are part of Salesforce’s enterprise messaging platform.
How to create a platform event in apex?
Add Apex tests to test platform event subscribers. Before you can package or deploy Apex code, including triggers, to production, it must have tests and sufficient code coverage. Add Apex tests to provide code coverage for your triggers. To get usage data for event publishing and CometD-client delivery, query the PlatformEventUsageMetric object.