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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.”
Salesforce’s API Usage last 7 days report has been removed from many orgs, but you can implement better monitoring capabilities than the native report ever provided.
Here’s how to set up comprehensive API monitoring with real-time data access, historical preservation, and proactive alerting that surpasses the original report’s functionality.
Build superior API monitoring using Coefficient
CoefficientSalesforceoffers several advantages over the missingreport: real-time data access with hourly refreshes, historical preservation beyond 7 days, cross-org monitoring capabilities, and proactive alerting when usage approaches limits.
Salesforce’sUnlikestatic daily reports, you can refresh API usage data throughout the day and maintain 30+ days of consumption history.
How to make it work
Step 1. Import API limit data directly.
Connect to Salesforce’s /limits/ endpoint using Coefficient’s REST API connection. This bypasses the missing report entirely and provides access to real-time consumption metrics.
Step 2. Schedule hourly data refreshes.
Set up automated hourly refreshes to track consumption patterns throughout the day. This reveals peak usage periods that the 7-day report never showed.
Step 3. Build historical datasets.
Use the “Append New Data” feature to create historical datasets that extend well beyond Salesforce’s 7-day limit. This preserves long-term trends for capacity planning.
Step 4. Create proactive alerts.
Set up formula-based alerts when daily API usage exceeds 80% of limits. Configure Slack and email notifications to prevent API limit exhaustion before it impacts operations.
Step 5. Set up weekly snapshots.
Create automated weekly snapshots to preserve long-term trends and maintain compliance records with better data retention than the original report offered.
Monitor APIs like an enterprise
Get startedThis approach provides enterprise-grade API monitoring with better retention, alerting, and visualization capabilities than Salesforce’s native reporting. You’ll have continuous visibility regardless of future platform changes.with better API monitoring today.
