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How to set up System Overview in Salesforce

System Overview is a single-page admin dashboard summarizing org health — API usage, scheduled jobs, data and file storage, custom code limits, permission set assignments. Good first stop for "is anything weird?" health checks.

By Dipojjal Chakrabarti · Editor, Salesforce DictionaryLast updated Apr 20, 2026

System Overview is a single-page admin dashboard summarizing org health — API usage, scheduled jobs, data and file storage, custom code limits, permission set assignments. Good first stop for "is anything weird?" health checks.

  1. Open Setup → System Overview

    Setup gear → Quick Find: System Overview → System Overview.

  2. Review API Usage

    Last 24 hours of API call volume vs license limit. Approaching limit means an integration is misbehaving.

  3. Review Schema (Custom Objects, Custom Fields, Code)

    Counts vs limits. Hitting the Custom Field limit blocks new field creation.

  4. Review Business Logic (Apex classes, triggers, scheduled Apex)

    Code health. Validation errors here mean Apex is broken.

  5. Review User Interface (Tabs, Custom Apps, Page Layouts)

    UI customization counts.

  6. Review Most Used Licenses and Permission Sets

    Who's using what. Identifies unused licenses for reclamation.

  7. Drill into any section for details

    Each section is a link to the underlying Setup page.

Key options
API Usageremember

Past 24h API calls. Edition-specific limits.

Schema countsremember

Custom Objects, Fields, Code, Page Layouts vs limits.

Business Logicremember

Apex code health and scheduled Apex.

License usageremember

Active assignments per license type.

Gotchas
  • API Usage is a 24-hour rolling window. Hitting the limit blocks API calls — including integrations. Slow integrations or polling loops are common culprits.
  • Custom Field limits per object are real. Hitting them blocks new field creation — must delete unused fields or pay for higher edition.
  • System Overview is read-only. It surfaces issues but doesn't fix them — fix at the underlying Setup page.

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