View Change History

You can use the history tab on changes to audit edits made on the changes.

You can also perform a comprehensive audit on the changes by opting in to the feature Track Affected Object Redlines and Other Updates on Changes. You can then filter audit entries by any column (on the history tab) other than Date. Once you opt in, history records are written for add, update, and delete action on:

• Change header general attributes, descriptive flexfields, and extended flexfields.
• Affected object redlines.
• Tasks.
• Relationships.
• Security.
• Actions performed on affected objects.

History isn’t tracked for change attachments, affected object attachments, and supplier organization redlines.

Here are the key columns in the history table:

• Audit Type: Classification of audit.
• Action Type: Classification of audit action.
• Status: Status of the change at the time the audit row is written.
• Affected Object: Affected object that has been redlined.
• Affected Object Sequence: Sequence of the affected object that has been redlined.
• Entity Type: Name of the tab or the attribute group.
• Entity: Entity keys, if applicable.
• Action: Action on the change.
• Attribute Name: Name of the attribute that has been added, deleted, or updated.
• Old Value: Previous value of the updated attribute.
• New Value: New value of the updated attribute.
• Comment: Shows additional information about an action.
• Author: Shows System when an action is performed by the application. Shows the user name when the action is performed by a user.

Here are some considerations when you opt in for the feature Track Affected Object Redlines and Other Updates on Changes:

• You will require the privilege View Change History (EGO_VIEW_CHANGE_HISTORY_PRIV) for a comprehensive understanding of actions performed on changes.
• You must migrate history on existing changes using the Upgrade Product Management Data scheduled process, or they will not be visible.

  During the migration, rows may have missing data in certain columns, which depends on the availability of the data prior to the migration.

• The History table displays 25 rows per page, but you can use Query By Example to refine the history records or you can use Export to Excel to download all the rows.
• When you create or add an affected item to a change, a single row containing audit details is recorded in the history table.
• You can import change history using the change FBDI template, and the application won't run any validations while importing the data.
• In the Product Information Management work area, you must opt in for the feature Use Simplified Change Management Interface to view the enhanced history tab resulting from the feature Track Affected Object Redlines and Other Updates on Changes.

  If you opt in for the feature on simplified change management after you have opted in for the feature on track affected objects for some time, you must run the Upgrade Product Management Data scheduled process to migrate the change history.