FIELD HISTORY TRACKING
As an enterprise-level Salesforce user, you understand well the value of data. At the same time, you’re tasked with protecting and understanding your data, so you’re constantly looking for ways to stay on top of your constantly changing data. Field history tracking provides you with the ability to easily log how data has changed over time, offering you insight into all the changes that have been made in order to help you make informed decisions for the future. When it comes to enterprise Salesforce management, data is king. Knowing how and when changes are made, can allow you to quickly troubleshoot or identify any problems that have occurred and minimize disruptions to your business processes. With a well-defined field history tracking approach, you can audit your data and uncover insights and patterns that open the door to new opportunities and efficiencies. Essentially, field history tracking is a tab or related list that shows a chronological list of every who, what, when, and why of past, present and future changes in your Salesforce data. It allows you to view the timeline of record changes with details of the previous values and the user making the change. It records the date and time and, in some cases, the IP address of the user, making it an invaluable tool for understanding your data. Field history tracking helps you to understand your data in greater depth, and boosts the value of your data for compliance and best practices. It allows you to audit and monitor changes, and easily identify any suspicious user activity. It simplifies identifying discrepancies in data due to human error or malicious intent. By enabling you to forecast how data will be affected in the future, it allows you to make informed decisions, mitigate risk, and act on data-driven insights to ensure your data remains safe and up-to-date. A Salesforce release management solution, such as AvePoint’s DocAve, can enable you to streamline and govern your Salesforce instance through robust field history tracking capabilities. You can utilize a flexible audit log, for example, that allows you to easily delve deeper into your audit trail and track how certain fields have changed over time. With permissions-driven access and support for role-based access control (RBAC), you can verify and track user access and quickly audit any changes that have been made. You can also automate your field history management by scheduling snapshots of records to track changes and receive alerts when suspicious activity is detected. Field history tracking is a powerful tool, and an essential part of any comprehensive Salesforce enterprise management solution. By giving you the ability to keep tabs on your Salesforce data, you can ensure your applications are running smoothly and that your data is secure.
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