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How to Create Platform Event in Salesforce

Updated on:
June 8, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to set up a Platform Event in Salesforce from scratch.

Quick summary

Salesforce Platform Events enable real-time, event-driven integrations across your org and external systems. This guide walks you through every step to create a Platform Event directly from Advanced Setup in Salesforce.


Steps

  1. Click the gear icon at the top right of the Salesforce dashboard to open settings.
  2. Select Open Advanced Setup from the dropdown menu.
  3. In the Quick Find search box, search for and select Platform Events.
  4. Click New Platform Event to begin creating a new event definition.
  5. Fill in the required details for your Platform Event, including label and API name.
  6. Once done, click Save to finalize and create the Platform Event.
  7. Confirm that you have successfully created your new platform event in Salesforce.

📌 Why this matters

Salesforce Platform Events power real-time, event-driven architectures that allow teams to trigger automated workflows, sync external systems, and respond to business changes instantly. Setting up a Platform Event correctly in Salesforce Setup is the foundation for scalable integrations using Apex triggers, Flow, and external subscribers. For Salesforce admins and developers, mastering Platform Events reduces integration complexity and eliminates polling-based workarounds. This capability is essential for any org leveraging the Salesforce event bus for modern, reactive application design.
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