description: "ISV App Analytics metadata types — AppAnalyticsQueryRequest and AppAnalyticsSettings. Use this skill when the user asks about retrieving managed package usage data, configuring App Analytics simulation mode, querying subscriber snapshots, or understanding the AppAnalyticsQueryRequest lifecycle (New → Pending → Complete → Expired). TRIGGER when: user mentions App Analytics, AppAnalyticsQueryRequest, AppAnalyticsSettings, package usage data, subscriber analytics, ISV analytics, or simulation mode for app analytics. DO NOT TRIGGER when: the task is about standard Salesforce reports/dashboards (use reporting skills), custom SOQL on Account/Contact (use platform-soql-query), or Data Cloud query/search (use data360-query)."
Use `dx-app-analytics-query` when the work involves:
- Creating `AppAnalyticsQueryRequest` records via the REST/sObject API
- Configuring `AppAnalyticsSettings` via the Metadata API (simulation mode, opt-out)
- Understanding the query lifecycle: New → Pending → Complete → Expired → Failed
- Choosing between dataType values: PackageUsageSummary, PackageUsageLog, SubscriberSnapshot
- File format and compression options for analytics downloads
- Time-range filtering with startTime, endTime, availableSince
- Troubleshooting failed or expired analytics queries
Delegate elsewhere when the user is:
- Running standard CRM SOQL queries → platform-soql-query
- Working with Data Cloud SQL or DMOs → data360-query
- Building reports/dashboards on standard objects → reporting skills
- Deploying or retrieving generic metadata XML → platform-metadata-deploy / retrieving-metadata
---
## Available Types
### AppAnalyticsQueryRequest (REST/sObject API)
An asynchronous query request that ISV partners use to retrieve usage analytics data for their managed packages from the ISV Intelligence Data Lake. Records are created via `POST /services/data/vXX.0/sobjects/AppAnalyticsQueryRequest` and polled via `GET /services/data/vXX.0/sobjects/AppAnalyticsQueryRequest/<id>`. The system processes the query and provides a presigned download URL upon completion.
**Fields (14 properties):**
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| DataType | string (filterable) | Type of analytics data. Values: `PackageUsageSummary`, `PackageUsageLog`, `SubscriberSnapshot` |
Configuration settings for ISV App Analytics that control simulation mode and opt-out behavior. Deployed via the Metadata API (`sf project deploy`) or Tooling API.
**Fields (2 properties):**
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| enableSimulationMode | boolean (filterable) | When true, allows querying sample usage logs for integration testing without real subscriber data |
| enableAppAnalyticsOptOut | boolean (filterable) | When true, opts this subscriber org out of AppExchange App Analytics data collection |
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## Request Lifecycle
```text
New → Pending → Complete → (download within expiration window)
→ Expired (download URL no longer valid)
→ Delivered (download confirmed received)
→ Failed (check errorMessage)
→ NoData (no matching records for the criteria)
```
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## Common Patterns
### Query Package Usage Summary (last 7 days)
Create a record via the REST API:
```bash
POST /services/data/v60.0/sobjects/AppAnalyticsQueryRequest
Content-Type: application/json
{
"DataType": "PackageUsageSummary",
"StartTime": "<7-days-ago>T00:00:00Z",
"EndTime": "<today-on-hour-boundary>T00:00:00Z",
"PackageIds": "033XXXXXXXXXXXX",
"FileType": "csv",
"FileCompression": "gzip"
}
```
Poll the record via GET until `RequestState` reaches `Complete`, then download from `DownloadUrl`.
### Incremental Data Retrieval
Set `AvailableSince` to the timestamp of your last successful query completion to avoid re-downloading data you already have.
### Enable Simulation Mode for Testing
Deploy `AppAnalyticsSettings` via Metadata API with `enableSimulationMode: true` to query sample data without real subscribers.
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## High-Signal Gotchas
- AppAnalyticsQueryRequest is an **sObject** — create and poll records via the REST Data API (`/sobjects/AppAnalyticsQueryRequest`), NOT via Metadata API XML deployment.
- AppAnalyticsQueryRequest does NOT have Apex triggers and does NOT flow through custom objects or Flows.
