[rt-users] History of Custom Field Values kept anywhere?
Ken Crocker
kfcrocker at lbl.gov
Mon Aug 31 17:28:31 EDT 2009
Scott,
Try the Transaction Table.
Kenn
LBNL
On 8/31/2009 1:58 PM, Lander, Scott wrote:
> Ken,
>
> CustomFieldValues does have the current values, and documents when
> they were inserted or modified, but, NOT the actual changes - IE, no
> "Old Value / New Value". For instance, for one of the lines in
> question, the table has:
>
> +-----+-------------+----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------------+---------------+---------------------+
> | id | CustomField |
> Name |
> Description | SortOrder | Creator |
> Created | LastUpdatedBy | LastUpdated |
> +-----+-------------+----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------------+---------------+---------------------+
> | 321 | 30 |
> CPU
> | | 4 | 101 | 2009-08-05
> 14:44:16 | 101 | 2009-08-24 19:56:54 |
>
> What I need to find out is what the Name used to be! It shouldn't be
> CPU, at one time (last week) it was something more like "NAS Storage".
>
>
>
>
> Scott,
>
> That's because the ObjectCustomFieldValues Table is for changes to a
> value for an OBJECT. To see the history for the Custom Fields
> themselves, try CustomFieldValues.
>
>
> Kenn
> LBNL
>
> On 8/31/2009 1:45 PM, Lander, Scott wrote:
>> Gene,
>>
>> Thanks, but - as near as I can tell, ObjectCustomFieldValues has references from type RT::Ticket only. IE, everything in it refers to a ticket change, not a global custom field change.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Scott, look in the ObjectCustomFieldValues table. There are pointers into it from the OldReference and NewReference
>>>> fields in the Transactions table. I'm using 3.6.3, but I'm guessing that the same will be true in 3.8.4.
>>>>
>>>> Gene
>>>>
>>
>> Lander, Scott wrote:
>>
>>> We accidentally changed some values in a Custom Field, and they need to
>>> be set back. I can retrieve the values from our backup, but, the
>>> question came up of if RT keeps the history for them. Poking thru the
>>> database, I see it keeps the history for tickets (table Transactions),
>>> and that it keeps most of the data for Custom Fields in the table
>>> CustomFieldValues. It keeps Creator, Creation Date, Last Updated By
>>> and Last Update Date. But, so far, I haven't found anywhere it keeps
>>> what was changed. IE, category old value, new value, like you find
>>> in the Transactions table.
>>>
>>> This would seem to be very useful information to have - especially in
>>> the case of a system audit.
>>>
>>> Am I just missing something?
>>>
>>> This in on RT 3.8.4, btw.
>>>
>>
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