--- schema_version: "1" id: 45021f7d61a6fe72c55920a1a2fd6f2fe558a80cc6eb67bf41bf826394b3d4b5 title: Lightning Interaction Event Type collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_eventlogfile_lightninginteraction.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_eventlogfile_lightninginteraction.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: df782096918bd914582e80872eafd488e063dce531ac510e01524fb1b8eddec1 description: Lightning Interaction events track user actions in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce mobile app, such as the user clicking, tapping, or scrolling on a page. This event type is available in the EventLogFile object in API version 39.0 and later. --- # Lightning Interaction Event Type Lightning Interaction events track user actions in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce mobile app, such as the user clicking, tapping, or scrolling on a page. This event type is available in the EventLogFile object in API version 39.0 and later. ![Warning](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note_warning.png) #### Warning The Lightning Interaction Event type is a best effort logging of user interactions but is not intended to meet privacy and security audit requirements. Not all interactions or CRUD operations are tracked and data loss may occur. For details about event monitoring, see the [Trailhead Event Monitoring module](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/modules/event_monitoring/units/event_monitoring_intro "HTML (New Window)") or [REST API Developer’s Guide](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_rest.meta/api_rest/using_resources_event_log_files.htm "HTML (New Window)"). ## Fields

Field	Details
APP_NAME	Type String Description The name of the application that the user accessed.
BROWSER_NAME	Type String Description The name of the browser that the user accessed. Example `Chrome`, `Safari`
BROWSER_VERSION	Type String Description The version of the browser that the user accessed in major.minor version format. Some browsers don’t provide a minor version.
CLIENT_GEO	Type String Description The geolocation of the client in the form of <Country>/<State\|Province>. Example `United States/California`

CLIENT_ID	Type String Description The API client ID.
CLIENT_IP	Type String Description The IP address of the client that’s using Salesforce services. A Salesforce internal IP (such as a login from AppExchange) is shown as “Salesforce.com IP”. Example `96.43.144.26`
COMPONENT_NAME	Type String Description The internal name of the standard component that the user interacted with. The Salesforce developer assigned the name when the standard component was created. Example `SaveEdit`, `Lead.CCPM_sendSMS`, `ChangeOwnerOne`
CONNECTION_TYPE	Type String Description The type of connection. Possible Values `CDMA1x` `CDMA` `EDGE` `EVDO0` `EVDOA` `EVDOB` `GPRS` `HRPD` `HSDPA` `HSUPA` `LTE` `WIFI`
DEVICE_ID	Type String Description The unique identifier used to identify a device when tracking events. DEVICE_ID is a generated value that’s created when the mobile app is initially run after installation.
DEVICE_MODEL	Type String Description The name of the device model. Example `iPad`, `iPhone`
DEVICE_PLATFORM	Type String Description The type of application experience in name:experience:form format. Possible Values name: `APP_BUILDER`, `CUSTOM`, `S1`, `SFX` experience: `BROWSER`, `HYBRID` form: `DESKTOP`, `PHONE`, `TABLET`
DEVICE_SESSION_ID	Type Id Description The unique identifier of the user’s session based on page load time. When the user reloads a page, a new session is started. Example `321a1ddfaf924803a075f1e69fc87bc06f53ccd0`
DURATION	Type Number Description The duration in milliseconds since the page start time.
EVENT_TYPE	Type String Description The type of event. The value is always `LightningInteraction`.
GRANDPARENT_UI_ELEMENT	Type String Description Grandparent scope of the page element where the event occurred.
LOGIN_KEY	Type String Description The string that ties together all events in a user’s login session. It starts with a login event and ends with either a logout event or the user session expiring. Example `GeJCsym5eyvtEK2I`
ORGANIZATION_ID	Type String Description The 15-character ID of the org. Example `00D000000000123`
OS_NAME	Type String Description The operating system name, derived from USER_AGENT. Example `Android`, `iOS`, `OSX`, `Windows`
OS_VERSION	Type String Description The operating system version, derived from USER_AGENT.
PAGE_APP_NAME	Type String Description The internal name of the application that the user accessed from the App Launcher. Example `LightningSales`
PAGE_CONTEXT	Type String Description Context of the page where the event occurred. Example `clients:cardsContainer` Note A value of `UNKNOWN` means that the page hasn't finished loading, so the context can't be identified.
PAGE_ENTITY_ID	Type Id Description The unique entity identifier of the event. Example `0013000000I3zJAAAZ`
PAGE_ENTITY_TYPE	Type String Description The entity type of the event. Example `task`, `contacts` Note A value of `UNKNOWN` means that the page hasn't finished loading or the page isn't displaying a record, so the entity type can't be identified.
PAGE_START_TIME	Type Number Description The time when the page was initially loaded, measured in milliseconds. Example `1471564788642`
PAGE_URL	Type String Description Relative URL of the top-level Lightning Experience or Salesforce mobile app page that the user opened. The page can contain one or more Lightning components. Multiple record IDs can be associated with PAGE_URL. Example `/sObject/0064100000JXITSAA5/view` Note A value of `UNKNOWN` means that the page hasn't finished loading, so the URL can't be identified.
PARENT_UI_ELEMENT	Type String Description Parent scope of the page element where the event occurred.
RECORD_ID	Type String array Description The IDs of one or more records that the user interacted with. For more information on the user interaction, see UI_EVENT_TYPE and UI_EVENT_SOURCE fields. Example `["5004100000JaGGLAA3", "5004100000Dn79CAAR", "50041000007KeugAAC"]`
RECORD_TYPE	Type String Description The type of record object that the user interacted with. Example `Account`, `Opportunity`
RELATED_LIST	Type String Description The type of related list that the user clicked. Example `Opportunity`
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. Example `3nWgxWbDKWWDIk0FKfF5DV`
SDK_APP_TYPE	Type String Description The mobile SDK application type. Possible Values `HYBRID` `HYBRIDLOCAL` `HYBRIDREMOTE` `NATIVE` `REACTNATIVE`
SDK_APP_VERSION	Type String Description The mobile SDK application version number. Example `5.0`
SDK_VERSION	Type String Description The mobile SDK version number. Example `2.1.0`
SESSION_KEY	Type String Description The user’s unique session ID. You can use this value to identify all events in Lightning Experience within a session. When the user logs out and logs in again, a new session is started. Example `cdd09305cb6babf34059e27f70e47f1b11dec868`
TARGET_UI_ELEMENT	Type String Description The target page element where the event occurred. Example `tabitem-link`
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`). Example `2015-07-27T11:32:59.555Z`. The timezone is GMT.
UI_EVENT_ID	Type String Description Id of the Lightning event type. Possible Values `ltng:error` `ltng:interaction` `ltng:pageView` `ltng:performance`
UI_EVENT_SEQUENCE_NUM	Type Number Description An auto-incremented sequence number of the current event since the session started.
UI_EVENT_SOURCE	Type String Description The user action on the record or records in RECORD_ID. This field’s value indicates whether the user’s action was on a single record or multiple records. For example, `read` indicates that one record was read (such as on a record detail page); `reads` indicates that multiple records were read (such as in a list view). Examples `click` `create` `delete` `hover` `read` `update`
UI_EVENT_TIMESTAMP	Type Number Description The time at which this event occurred, measured in milliseconds. Example `1479769912796`
UI_EVENT_TYPE	Type String Description The type of interaction with the records in RECORD_ID. Example `crud`, `system`, `user`, `userInteraction`
USER_AGENT	Type String Description The numeric code for the type of client used to make the request (for example, the browser, application, or API) as a string.
USER_ID	Type String Description The 15-character ID of the user accessing Salesforce services through the UI or API. 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. Example `00590000000I1SNIA0`
USER_TYPE	Type String Description The category of user license of the user accessing Salesforce services through the UI or API. Possible Values `A`: Automated Process `b`: High Volume Portal `C`: Customer Portal User `D`: External Who `F`: Self Service `G`: Guest `L`: Package License Manager `N`: Salesforce to Salesforce `n`: CSN Only `O`: Power Custom `o`: Custom `P`: Partner `p`: Customer Portal Manager `S`: Standard `X`: Salesforce Administrator

#### See Also - [EventLogFile Supported Event Types](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_eventlogfile_supportedeventtypes.htm "The EventType field in the EventLogFile object supports these events. Some common fields, such as CPU_TIME and RUN_TIME, can have null or zero values depending on how the events are generated for a given feature. Sometimes, three quotation marks appear around event data containing special characters in the CSV file. The third quotation mark is necessary for tools and applications to parse the field data at the correct field value boundary.") - [EventLogFile](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_eventlogfile.htm "Represents event log files generated by Event Monitoring. Use event log file data to analyze usage trends and user behavior in your Salesforce org. This object is available in API version 32.0 and later. The Interval and Sequence fields are available only in API version 37.0 and later.")

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