Salesforce query monitor

Salesforce query server monitors a Salesforce database. The Salesforce monitor executes an SQL query and compares the result to a predefined value.

• System type: Windows, Linux/UNIX, Other/Unidentified
• Category: Database

Note: Only monitor specific settings are documented here. See Standard monitor settings.

Basic tab

Salesforce monitor properties

• SQL query - SQL query to perform.

Salesforce account

• Inherit credentials - If checked, inherits credentials from the asset. If blank, enter monitor-specific credentials.

  Note: For this monitor, uncheck this checkbox and enter monitor-specific credentials.

• Username/password - Credential used to authenticate access for this monitor.
• Fail if no rows - Check this option to make the monitor fail the test if the query returns no rows.
• Data type - SQL query value is the only option currently supported.

Threshold settings

• Value type - Type of value that the value queried from the Salesforce database is compared with.
• Compare operation - Specify how the queried value and the compare value should relate to each other for a successful test.
• Compare value - Value to compare the queried value with.
• Time period - If blank, the Compare value is compared with the queried value. If a Time Period value in seconds is entered, the Compare value is compared with the difference in queried values between two successive time periods.