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# View Syndication Feeds

View the syndication feed definition, including what records are returned, and which data from the records is displayed.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d126526e70 ">Create, edit, or delete a feed definition:</td>

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Here are the fields in the syndication field.

- Name—A descriptive name for this feed, which distinguishes it from other feeds you can create.

- Description—Describes the feed. For example, “Account first name, last name, and region for the last ten accounts created or edited.”
- Query—The SOQL query that defines which records are returned to the syndication feed. To ensure fast performance, some limitations on the SOQL query are imposed. For more information, see [Defining Syndication Feeds](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.feeds_creating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Syndication feeds give users the ability to subscribe to changes within Salesforce Sites and receive updates in external news readers. Simply by defining a SOQL query and mapping, you can syndicate changes to public data to your end users. You can create one or more syndication feeds for your organization's public sites or any Visualforce page. The syndication feed displays the records specified by a SOQL query. Users can subscribe to the feed and view the feed when they visit the site or page.").
- Mapping—Because syndication feeds use the ATOM web publishing protocol, you must provide a mapping value that matches objects and fields on the returned records with ATOM constructs. All values must be string literals. For more information about mapping elements, see [Defining Syndication Feeds](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.feeds_creating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Syndication feeds give users the ability to subscribe to changes within Salesforce Sites and receive updates in external news readers. Simply by defining a SOQL query and mapping, you can syndicate changes to public data to your end users. You can create one or more syndication feeds for your organization's public sites or any Visualforce page. The syndication feed displays the records specified by a SOQL query. Users can subscribe to the feed and view the feed when they visit the site or page.").
- Max Cache Age Seconds—Because many users can access a feed at the same time, Salesforce caches the feed data for 3600 seconds by default. This value can be a minimum of 300 seconds, or for as long as you wish. Query results that are older than the time specified here are dropped, and a new query is run on the next request for that information the next time a user opens a page containing a feed that they subscribe to.
- Active—Indicates whether the feed is available for subscription. After a feed is active, users can subscribe to it.

#### See Also

- [About Syndication Feeds](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.feeds_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Syndication feeds give users the ability to subscribe to changes within Salesforce Sites and receive updates in external news readers. Simply by defining a SOQL query and mapping, you can syndicate changes to public data to your end users. You can create one or more syndication feeds for your organization's public sites or any Visualforce page. The syndication feed displays the records specified by a SOQL query. Users can subscribe to the feed and view the feed when they visit the site or page.")
- [Test Syndication Feeds](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.feeds_bind_test.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you enable a feed for customers, test the feed definition.")