Tracking data changes in a specific field – Quickbase Help

Using Audit Logs, realm admins can track changes to data in specific fields. Any field can be tracked, except formula and summary fields.

Turn on the Track field property to see data changes in the Audit logs. By default, this property is turned off.

Turning on field tracking for a single file

Log in as a realm admin with account admin privileges.
From the Admin Console, click on Apps. The apps in this realm display. To enable or disable change logs, select the check box on the left of the app, and then click the Enable data change logs or Disable data change logs option at the top of the page.

Note: You can enable or disable data change logs for up to 50 apps per realm.
After you enable data change logs on the Apps page, navigate to the app that contains data you would like to track.
Navigate to the table where the data you would like to track is stored.
Enter the table settings by clicking the settings icon.
Click on Fields to enter the field settings.
Click on the field you would like to track.
Find the Advanced section (the last section on the page).
Check the Track field checkbox. Quickbase will now track changes to the field and show the changes in the Audit Logs.

The Audit Logs Enabled column is added to the fields properties pages. Fields with tracking turned on have a green check mark.

Log in as a realm admin with account admin privileges.
From the Admin Console, click on Apps. The apps in this realm display. To enable or disable change logs, select the check box on the left of the app, and then click the Enable data change logs or Disable data change logs option at the top of the page.

Note: You can enable or disable data change logs for up to 50 apps per realm.
After you enable data change logs on the Apps page, navigate to the app that contains data you would like to track.
Navigate to the table where the data you would like to track is stored.
Enter the table settings by clicking the settings icon.
Click on Fields to enter the field settings.
Select up to 100 fields per table that you would like to track.
Click Advanced Options on the field properties page.
From the Advanced Options dialog, select the Audit Logs Enabled check box and click Save. The Audit Logs Enabled property is the same as the This field will be tracked for audit purposes property.

The Audit Logs Enabled column is added to the fields properties pages. Fields with tracking turned on have a green check mark.

For text fields, there is another log property you can set from the Field properties page to log edits against and display on forms.

After you add a new text field, click the text field you just added and click to expand the Text field options section.
Select the Log Entries check box to Log the edits to this field, and show them on forms.
Click Save to apply your changes.