Where can I find the history of custom objects and its related tables in Application Composer?

Use this topic to know how to use the Metadata Manager to find the history of custom objects in Application Composer.

A custom object may have different tables. You can find the change history of the changes to the objects and the list of its related tables in the metadata configuration report.

If you aren't in your sandbox session, here's how you can view the report:

  1. In Application Composer, select Metadata Manager in the Common Setup pane.

  2. Click Generate.

  3. In the Generate Configuration Report dialog, indicate the items that you want to include in the Configuration report.

  4. Click Generate.

  5. Download the report by selecting either the HTML or Excel format.

The configuration report contains the following information:

Items in the Metadata Configuration Report

Report Item Description
Configuration Summary Provides a summary of changes such as the number of objects and fields, relationships created, and object validations.
Global functions Includes a listing of the global functions created.
Relationships Includes a listing of all the relationships created.
Object summary

Select All modified objects to include all the changes that have been made to any objects.

Select Selected objects to include all the changes for only a subset of objects.

Tip: To include layout details, select up to five objects only.

Fields Includes custom fields and standard fields that have been modified for the objects that you selected.
Server scripts Includes object validations, object functions, object triggers, and global functions for the objects that you selected.
Object workflows Includes object workflows for the objects that you selected.
Page layout summary

Includes a listing of dynamic page layout names and layout conditions for the objects that you selected.

Select Layout details to include a list of all the actions, buttons, subtabs, and field names exposed in each subtab of a dynamic page layout.

Custom object details

Includes details of custom objects and fields that you have created.

To view the details of a custom object, simply click its name in the report.

You can retrieve details such as the Table Name, which indicates what table the custom object or field belongs to. You can also identify the fields or objects in that table using the Column Name attribute.