Track Changes
Also refereed to as: question history, field history, answer history, track changes, tracked changes
Overview
Tracked changes provides a historic view of the initial response, edits the and any comments pertaining to a particular question.
Tracked changes appear in a modal opened using the comments icon next to the question text. Where there are unseen changes or comments, a ‘New’ label will appear next to the comment icon. The dialog reveals the edits and comments made during the question’s lifetime.
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![TrackedChanges_Modal.png 808](https://files.readme.io/5c41dcd-TrackedChanges_Modal.png)
Configuration
Tracked changes are an opt-in feature as they might not be appropriate for all forms. Enable Tracked changes via the checkbox on a project’s publish properties.
'In Flight' Workflows
The setting can be enabled/disabled without for projects with active workflows.
![trackchanges_2.png 464](https://files.readme.io/933e7eb-trackchanges_2.png)
Include in Form Summary Question and Actions
To include Track Changes into the Summary Question, you need to enable Include Comments/Tracked Changes in the question properties and Track Changes in the publish options in Manage.
Here an example of a simple workflow where some changes were made by the second user.
![trackchanges_3.png 1017](https://files.readme.io/6ba041d-trackchanges_3.png)
Points to Note
• Tracked changes do not require any configuration other than the enable setting.
• When enabled changes apply to the entire question set.
• Question types include text, multi select, rich text, data source and file upload.
• ‘Pass through’ states, where contributions were not made do not appear in the Tracked Changes UI.
• Although comments and tracked changes (edits) merge as one in the UI, comments are enabled at the question level by the form’s designer.
Updated over 2 years ago