19 June 2014

Salesforce Login Types

For some reason I could not find any public salesforce documentation or KB articles that discusses what each of the login types means in the Login History page. So I asked support to understand each and they provided me with the table below which I'm sharing to help anyone who may be needing it.

Login Type Description
Application UI login
Chatter Communities External User Community User Login
Other Apex API Other Apex API
Partner Product Partner Integration Login
Remote Access 2.0 OAuth 2.0 login ( for example, connected app login)
SAML Chatter Communities 
External User SSO
Community User Login from Single-Sign-On
SAML Idp Initiated SSO SAML Single-Sign-On with login initiated 
from Idp(Identity Provider) side
SAML Sfdc Initiated SSO SAML Single-Sign-On with login initiated 
from Salesforce side, redirect to Idp then 
login after got Idp's SAML response
SYNC Login from SYNC client

13 comments:

  1. Hi,
    Do you know what's the meaning of "Remote Access Client" Login type?
    Thanks!

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  2. "Remote Access Client" is for any connected client authenticated through connected apps. E.x Salesforce1. For Salesforce1 LoginType will be "Remote Access Client", Browser will be "Salesforce1 + version" and Platform will be your device platform like iPhone

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    1. some of our users are getting the error "Your company's authentication service is down" when logged in from IPHONE. Please let em know how to fix it

      Thanks !!

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  3. Hello,
    Any idea what the meaning of "Export to Salesforce" as the Application could mean? Login Type = Remote Access 2.0, login URL is login.salesforce.com

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  4. Hi, What is the other APEX APi login type? I can see in Salesforce Login history Invalid Password- Login Type: Other Apex API. Which user is it and how to track?

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  5. Do you know what's the meaning of "Partner Product Partner" Login type?

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