How is the alternateId determined for an AppInstance target in a System Log entry?

[sean_lumos]

The System Log API returns target values of the form

{
   "id":"0oa1alyz0mr8M2MoG1d8",
   "type":"AppInstance",
   "alternateId":"Cisco AnyConnect VPN (2)",
   "displayName":"Cisco AnyConnect VPN",
   "detailEntry":null
}

How is the alternateId determined? Does it correspond to any other model values (e.g. App.name)?

[andrea]

Do you (or have you ever) had two instances of the Cisco AnyConnect VPN app configured in your org?

I just tested adding a second instance of an OIN app to my test tenant that I had already integrated with, and it originally set the display name as “Application (2)” and when I check the system logs, its alternateId is also “Application (2),” so it looks like this is to help differentiate the two instances within your logs.

And in sys log:

When I changed the “Application label”, I saw the alternateId in the system log change as well:

[sean_lumos]

Ah, thank you for this answer!

I looked into it further based on your response, and it looks like the alternateId value is just the App label at the time the log was recorded

[andrea]

yup, that’s what I saw as well