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title: "Viewing Backup Policy Sessions"
description: "For each performed data protection operation, Veeam Backup for Salesforce starts a new session according to the backup policy configuration, and stores the session details in the product database."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Salesforce Backup > Viewing Backup Policy Details > Viewing Backup Policy Sessions"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Viewing Backup Policy Sessions

For each performed data protection operation, Veeam Backup for Salesforce starts a new session according to the backup policy configuration, and stores the session details in the product database. You can track real-time statistics of all running and completed operations on the **Backup** tab. To view the full list of tasks executed during an operation, click the link in the **Status** column.

<a id="backup_session"></a>The **Backup Sessions** section of the **Backup** tab displays information on all sessions of the backup policy. Each session is described with the following set of properties:

- **Session ID** — the ID assigned to the session.
- **Type** — the type of a [backup job](backup_job_types.md) launched during the session.
- **Start** — the date and time when the session started.
- **Finish** — the date and time when the session ended.
- **Status** — the current status of the session.
- **Message** — the explanation why Veeam Backup for Salesforce failed to process the records (applies only to sessions with the *Warning* and *Error* statuses).
- **Processed Objects** — the total number of objects processed during the session.
- **API Usage** — the total number of API calls sent during the session.
- **Inserted** — the total number of new Salesforce records added to the backup scope during the session.
- **Updated** — the total number of Salesforce records updated in Salesforce during the session.
- **Deleted** — the total number of Salesforce records deleted from Salesforce during the session.
- **Failed** — the total number of Salesforce records that Veeam Backup for Salesforce failed to process.
- **Total** — the total number of Salesforce records processed during the session.
- **Run Type** — the type of the job run (defines whether the policy has been launched manually or automatically by schedule).
- **Schedule** — the name of the schedule according to which the backup job has been launched.

<a id="session_details"></a>The **Session Details** section of the **Backup** tab displays information on all objects included in a specific policy session. Each object is described with the following set of properties:

- **Object / Event** — the name of the backed-up object.
- **Status** — the current status of the task.
- **Start** — the date and time when Veeam Backup for Salesforce started a new task to process the object.
- **Finish** — the date and time when Veeam Backup for Salesforce completed the task.
- **Duration** — the duration of the task.
- **Message** — the explanation why Veeam Backup for Salesforce failed to process the records (applies only to sessions with the *Warning* and *Error* statuses).
- **API Usage** — the total number of API calls sent during the task.
- **Inserted** — the total number of new Salesforce records added to the backup scope during the task.
- **Updated** — the total number of Salesforce records updated in Salesforce during the task.
- **Downloaded** — the total number of Salesforce files added to the Veeam Backup for Salesforce file repository during the task.
- **Deleted** — the total number of records deleted from Salesforce during the task.
- **Failed** — the total number of Salesforce records that Veeam Backup for Salesforce failed to process.
- **Total** — the total number of Salesforce records processed during the task.

::: tip

If you want to view logs of a specific backup session, select the session and click **Download Logs**. Veeam Backup for Salesforce will collect the session logs and save them as a single .ZIP archive to the default download folder on the local machine.

:::

[![Viewing Backup Policy Sessions](images/backup_policy_sessions.png "Viewing Backup Policy Sessions")](images/backup_policy_sessions.png){.toggle scale=60}