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title: EventSubscription
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description: Represents a subscription to an event type. Removed in API version 46.0. Available in API version 41.0 to 45.0.
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# EventSubscription

Represents a subscription to an event type. Removed in API version 46.0. Available in API version 41.0 to 45.0.

## Supported SOAP Calls

create(), delete(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

## Supported REST HTTP Methods

GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, HEAD

## Fields

| Field | Details |
| --- | --- |
| Active | 
Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

If the subscription isn’t active, it never receives any events.



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| DeveloperName | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Sort

Description

The developer’s internal name for the event delivery used in the API.

![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/images/icon_note.png)

#### Note

Only users with View DeveloperName OR View Setup and Configuration permission can view, group, sort, and filter this field.















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| EventType | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

The type of event to subscribe to. Valid values are:

- AlarmEvent—An alarm that’s offset from an absolute time (supported only if the EventDelivery type is ResumeFlow)
- CustomEvent—Reserved for future use
- DateRefAlarmEvent—An alarm that’s offset from a date/time field value (supported only if the EventDelivery type is ResumeFlow)
- EventObject—A custom platform event
- StandardPlatformEvent—A standard platform event





 |
| FullName | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Group, Nillable

Description

The unique name used as the event delivery identifier for API access. The fullName can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters. It must be unique, begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores.



 |
| Language | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

The language of the MasterLabel.



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| ManageableState | 

Type

ManageableState enumerated list

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

Indicates the manageable state of the specified component that is contained in a package:

- beta
- deleted
- deprecated
- deprecatedEditable
- installed
- installedEditable
- released
- unmanaged





 |
| MasterLabel | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Master label for the event subscription. This internal label doesn’t get translated.



 |
| Metadata | 

Type

[mns:EventSubscription](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_eventsubscription.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Properties

Create, Nillable, Update

Description

The event subscription’s metadata.

Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.





 |
| NamespacePrefix | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

The namespace prefix that is associated with this object. Each Developer Edition org that creates a managed package has a unique namespace prefix. Limit: 15 characters. You can refer to a component in a managed package by using the namespacePrefix\_\_componentName notation.

The namespace prefix can have one of the following values.

- In Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set to the namespace prefix of the org for all objects that support it, unless an object is in an installed managed package. In that case, the object has the namespace prefix of the installed managed package. This field’s value is the namespace prefix of the Developer Edition org of the package developer.
- In orgs that are not Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set only for objects that are part of an installed managed package. All other objects have no namespace prefix.





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| ReferenceData | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Sort

Description

If the subscriber is a flow of type CustomEvent, referenceData is flowName\_versionNumber. For example, Printer\_Management\_2.



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