History

the history field enables users to view the historical changes of a record each time the record is updated, a new version is created and displayed as a new row in the history field's table this row displays the changes made during that update and allows the user to preview the record at that specific version record versions are created regardless of the presence of a history field in the application the history field does not store any data; it is only used in the ui to display the record revisions from application builder's layout types, select history and then drag and drop it to the form layout hover over the history tab in form layout and click edit icon or click the history tab to edit the fields properties field properties manage and configure your application's history field settings with the intuitive form layout and field properties interface field description name enter the name of the field key provide a unique identifier key for this field it is usually automatically generated help text enter the help text content to display either above or below the record size select the appropriate size for the field permissions define the roles and permissions for users to access this field app settings field description name enter the name for the field description enter description for the field edit the following settings at application level click additional settings update application settings window is displayed in the general window edit the following fields field description name enter the name for history field acronym enter description enter the description for the history field enable tracking time turn on the toggle to enable tracking time application id application id value is auto populated administration \ add roles to monitor or access the application records \ field level permissions are managed through the application builder and are automatically inherited from the record permissions workspace select a workspace you want to associate the history field with click apply to save the changes