--- schema_version: "1" id: 27be1a6c9a81f081a099fc236ced808cb2205ca5d692741914d5c9b15ac6f5fc title: Permission Update 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_permissionupdate.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_eventlogfile_permissionupdate.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: dc80ed7b100673acdfbf6c3afa931a40176fa8f7088aa2ec3261514da868f682 description: Permission update events represent changes to object, field, and user permissions and setup entity access that occur in profiles and permission sets. The event type also tracks if you clone profiles or change whether session activation is required in permission sets or permission set groups. --- # Permission Update Event Type Permission update events represent changes to object, field, and user permissions and setup entity access that occur in profiles and permission sets. The event type also tracks if you clone profiles or change whether session activation is required in permission sets or permission set groups. 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)"). ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png) #### Note This event type tracks if Salesforce updates object or field permissions in standard profiles, in addition to changes you make to your custom profiles, permission sets, and permission set groups. ## Fields | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | CONTEXT | Type String Description Reserved for future use. | | DESCRIPTION | Type String Description A description of the update that occurred in the profile, permission set, or permission set group. Example UserPerm: ConvertLeads disabled | | EVENT\_TYPE | Type String Description The type of event. The value is always PermissionUpdate. | | FEATURE\_ID | Type Id Description The ID of the feature, such as a profile, permission set, or permission set group, that was updated. | | LOGIN\_KEY | Type String Description The string that ties together all events in a given 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 Id Description The 15-character ID of the organization. Example 00DXXXXXXXXXXXX | | PERMISSION\_TYPE | Type String Description The type of permission, such as user, object, or field, or setup entity access, such as tab settings or Apex class access, that was updated. Example EntityObject | | 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 | | SESSION\_KEY | Type String Description The user’s unique session ID. You can use this value to identify all user events within a session. When a user logs out and logs in again, a new session is started. Example d7DEq/ANa7nNZZVD | | TIMESTAMP | Type String Description The access time of Salesforce services in GMT. 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 | | UPDATE\_TYPE | Type String Description For object permissions, user permissions, and setup entity access, the type of update that occurred. For example, a permission was updated or deleted. For other changes in profiles, permission sets, or permission set groups, this information is tracked in the DESCRIPTION field. Example delete | | USER\_ID | Type Id Description The 15-character ID of the user who made the permission update. Example 005XXXXXXXXXXXX |