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| + | ** How can I record users' activity in an app, such as tracking what which users viewed/edited which records? ** | ||
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| + | <WRAP round info 60%> | ||
| + | Also known as: history, audit trail, | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | Let's say you want to track when a document record was viewed. | ||
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| + | You will need to create two tables. Document and Activity. | ||
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| + | Create a Document table. For this example, it will just have the existing short text name field. | ||
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| + | Create a table called Activity with the following fields: | ||
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| + | * Activity Type - Static selection field, single seelction - Come up with some basic types for your activity type such as Document Viewed, Document Deleted, Email Sent, etc. | ||
| + | * Created By - Database-driven (dynamic) selection field based on the User table. This field will store the current user at the time the activity record is created. | ||
| + | * Created On - Date/Time Field - This will store the time the record was created. | ||
| + | * Document - Database-drive (dynamic) selection field based on the Documents table. This field will create a relationship between the Activity record being created and the Document that was viewed. (The Documents table would have been created previously.) | ||
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| + | Create actions: | ||
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| + | Go to the View page for your Document table. | ||
| + | Bring up the actions for the "View Document" link. | ||
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| + | Add an action to create a new Activity record. | ||
| + | Save the Activity Type as Document Viewed | ||
| + | Save the Created By as the current user. | ||
| + | Save the Document as the item the page is about. | ||
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| + | On your Activity table, you will now see a new record every time someone clicks the View Document link. | ||
