Modification Logs

In all APPX applications, optional Modification Logs may be enabled to provide an additional degree of audit control over who makes changes to master files, and when such changes are made. When a modification log name is supplied to a file maintenance function, a record of all additions, deletions, and changes to that file is supplied to a print file. When additions are made, all new field contents are shown; when deletions are done, the key value and all field contents are recorded; when changes are made, old field contents and new field contents are shown. In all cases, the user ID of the individual who performed the maintenance is printed, along with the date and time of the change.

Examples of master files in Order Entry are Addresses, Freight Classes, Shippers, Special Instructions, and Parameters. Modification logs are not enabled for transaction files such as Sales Orders.