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Content Transfer Event Type

Content Transfer events contain information about content transfer events, such as downloads, uploads, and previews. This information includes events performed on files and attachments to records.

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

Fields

Field	Details
DOCUMENT_ID	Type Id Description The 15-character ID of the document that’s being shared.
DOCUMENT_ID_DERIVED	Type Id Description The 18-character case insensitive ID of the document that’s being shared.
EVENT_TYPE	Type String Description The type of event. The value is always `ContentTransfer`.
FILE_PREVIEW_TYPE	Type String Description The content type of the file preview.
FILE_TYPE	Type String Description The content type of the file version.
ORGANIZATION_ID	Type Id Description The 15-character ID of the organization. For example: `00D000000000123`.
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`.
SIZE_BYTES	Type Number Description The size of the file transfer, in bytes.
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.
TRANSACTION_TYPE	Type String Description The operation that was performed, including operations on files and attachments to records. For example, you can track operations in the Attachments related list on a case. Possible Values `VersionDownloadAction` and `VersionDownloadApi` represent downloads via the user interface and API respectively. `VersionRenditionDownload` represents a file preview action. `saveVersion` represents a file that’s being uploaded.
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`.
VERSION_ID	Type Id Description The 15-character ID of the content version.
VERSION_ID_DERIVED	Type Id Description The 18-character case insensitive ID of the content version.

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

Content Transfer Event Type

Fields

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