Using the History tab of a rule form

Use the History tab of a rule form to define custom fields, review or restore history snapshots, and maintain usage details. History snapshots are instances of the History-Rule class.

Documentation

Complete the fields in this section to indicate how this record is used by other application users:

• Description — Enter text describing the purpose of this record. For class rules, you cannot leave this field blank. Special syntax is supported by list view and summary view rules.
• Usage — Enter guidance to users of this rule, for example, design-time instructions or special run time considerations. For deprecated rules, this field populates warning messages to other users. As a best practice, describe why the rule is deprecated and provide at least one migration path or alternative.

History Details

The following read-only fields appear in this section:

• Add — The name and ID of the user who created this record, the date it was created, and the system ID where it was created.
• Update — The name and ID of the user who most recently updated this record, the date it was updated, and the system ID where it was updated.
• Move — The name and ID of the user who most recently imported this record, the date it was imported, and the ID of the source system.

The results of the skim wizard are recorded in the Add field. For rules created by this wizard, it is possible to see an Update date that is earlier than the Add date.

Click the View full history button to launch history details for this rule in a new window. You can quickly review history snapshots for this version or all versions, restore a previous snapshot, add a memo, or compare history snapshots.

Custom fields

This section displays a list of name-value pairs, or custom fields, associated with this rule. Click Update to launch a dialog with options to add, edit, and remove custom fields. Text (string) and File (rule file binary) custom field types are supported.

This section appears for Rule- objects only.

History- base class How to use History Details Restoring a history snapshot Working with custom fields