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Hello,
I have a custom object called Item with a picklist field called Status.
I would like to keep a history of every status change with a timestamp and who made the change.
I seem to remember that the force.com platform can do this but can't find how.
Is this a standard function I can use or do I have to implement another ItemStatusLog object and add a new instance with a trigger?
The reason I want a log is to be able to do an analysis later on to find bottlenecks (when it took a long time to change a given status), etc.
Thanks,
Matt
I think it can be done natively, just go to your object Setup > App Setup > Create > Objects > YourObject
There you can see "Set History Tracking" button in "Custom Fields & Relationships" section. Just select your picklist field from the list and click save. Now you can add a related list from page layouts "YourObjectName History". If there is any change in the picklist value it will be maintained in that related list automatically.
Thanks
Ankit Arora
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I think it can be done natively, just go to your object Setup > App Setup > Create > Objects > YourObject
There you can see "Set History Tracking" button in "Custom Fields & Relationships" section. Just select your picklist field from the list and click save. Now you can add a related list from page layouts "YourObjectName History". If there is any change in the picklist value it will be maintained in that related list automatically.
Thanks
Ankit Arora
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Thank you very much! That is great advice.
It works. According to the online docs you cannot use this facility to track Modified By, but in fact it does provide a column called User which seems to provide the same information about who made the change.
This is being used in a factory in Sendai that is involved in the cleanup. Thanks!
Best regards,
Matt