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<noinclude>'''[[File:GearIcon.png]] > Objects > {object} | <noinclude>'''[[File:GearIcon.png]] > Objects > {object} > Field Audit Log Settings''' | ||
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When the Field Audit Log option is enabled, you list the fields to be audited. | When the Field Audit Log option is enabled, you list the fields to be audited. Changes to those fields are then added to each record's [[Activity History]]. | ||
{{permissionRef|Customize Objects|set the Field Audit Log}} | {{permissionRef|Customize Objects|set the Field Audit Log}} | ||
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{{permissions|Manage Audit Log|view the Audit Log}} | {{permissions|Manage Audit Log|view the Audit Log}} | ||
When a field is modified, | When a field is modified, the following information is added to the activity history: | ||
:*Field label | |||
:*Original field value | :*Original field value | ||
:*New field value | :*New field value | ||
:* | :*Who changed it | ||
:* | :*When it happened | ||
: | ;Considerations: | ||
:* Creation dates are not logged. | |||
:* An entry is added to the activity history for each audited field that changes. (If three fields change, three entries are added.) | |||
:* For the [[Cases object]] and several other [[System Objects]], all fields are audited, by default. | |||
:* For [[Custom Objects]], field auditing is turned off, by default. | |||
===Enable the Field Audit Log=== | ===Enable the Field Audit Log=== | ||
# Go to '''[[File:GearIcon.png]] > Objects > {object} > Field Audit Log Settings''' | |||
#Click '''Enable Field Audit Log'''<br>The list of object fields appears. | #Click '''Enable Field Audit Log'''<br>The list of object fields appears. | ||
#Click '''Track All Fields''', or leave that option unselected and click the checkbox next to each field to be audited.<br>(Choose up to 20 fields per object.) | |||
#Click the checkbox next to | |||
#Click '''[Save]''' | #Click '''[Save]''' | ||
:''Learn more:'' [[Activity History]]<noinclude> | |||
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[[Category:Object Aspects]] | [[Category:Object Aspects]] | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:28, 8 July 2015
> Objects > {object} > Field Audit Log Settings
When the Field Audit Log option is enabled, you list the fields to be audited. Changes to those fields are then added to each record's Activity History.
Users that have the Customize Objects permission can set the Field Audit Log.
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Users that have the Manage Audit Log permission can view the Audit Log
When a field is modified, the following information is added to the activity history:
- Field label
- Original field value
- New field value
- Who changed it
- When it happened
- Considerations
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- Creation dates are not logged.
- An entry is added to the activity history for each audited field that changes. (If three fields change, three entries are added.)
- For the Cases object and several other System Objects, all fields are audited, by default.
- For Custom Objects, field auditing is turned off, by default.
Enable the Field Audit Log
- Go to
> Objects > {object} > Field Audit Log Settings - Click Enable Field Audit Log
The list of object fields appears. - Click Track All Fields, or leave that option unselected and click the checkbox next to each field to be audited.
(Choose up to 20 fields per object.) - Click [Save]
- Learn more: Activity History