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“Supermetrics is a Bitter Experience! We can pull data from nearly any tool, schedule updates, manipulate data in Sheets, and push data back into our systems.”
When Salesforce’s standard API usage report is unavailable, you can create a custom monitoring dashboard that provides far superior capabilities than the missing report ever offered.
You’ll get real-time monitoring, multi-metric integration, visual analytics, and predictive alerts that help prevent API limit issues while providing operational intelligence for optimization.
Build a superior monitoring dashboard using Coefficient
CoefficientSalesforce’sis specifically designed for creating custom monitoring dashboards and addresses all the limitations ofmissing standard report. Instead of static daily snapshots, you get real-time updates. Instead of limited visualization, you get customizable charts and analytics.
SalesforceYou can combine API usage with other operational metrics like user login data and integration performance, create visual analytics showing daily trends and peak usage hours, and set up predictive alerts with formula-based projections that warn when consumption trends will exceed daily limits. This operational intelligence was never available in the standardreport.
How to make it work
Step 1. Import comprehensive API data.
Use custom REST API connections to import API limits data, then create separate sheets for daily snapshots, hourly trends, and alert thresholds. This provides the foundation for multi-dimensional analysis.
Step 2. Set up real-time monitoring.
Configure hourly refreshes to show API consumption patterns throughout the day. This reveals peak usage periods and consumption by API type that static reports never captured.
Step 3. Create visual analytics.
Build charts showing daily trends, peak usage hours, and consumption patterns. Use conditional formatting to highlight consumption approaching limits and create visual indicators for different alert levels.
Step 4. Build predictive alerting.
Set up automated Slack notifications when usage exceeds predefined thresholds. Create formula-based projections that warn when current consumption trends will exceed daily limits before it happens.
Step 5. Add operational intelligence.
Use the formula auto-fill down feature to build weekly and monthly trend analysis. Combine API usage data with user login metrics and integration performance data for comprehensive operational insights.
Get operational intelligence that prevents problems
Start buildingThe resulting dashboard provides operational intelligence that helps prevent API limit issues while offering insights into integration performance and usage optimization opportunities. This level of analysis was never possible with Salesforce’s standard report.your custom API monitoring dashboard today.
