A common problem in an administrative computer system is to locate the origin of errors and changes in data. It could be anything from an incorrect customer telephone number to an incorrect posting to the general ledger. The change log functionality lets you track all direct modifications a user makes to data in the database.

You must specify each table and field that you want the system to log, and then you must activate the change log.

To set up a change log


  1. In the Search box, enter Change Log Setup, and then choose the related link.

  2. In the Change Log Setup window, on the Actions tab, in the Setup group, choose Tables. The Change Log Setup (Table) List window opens.

  3. Fill in the fields for each line.

  4. Close the window.

  5. To activate the change log, in the Change Log Setup window, select the Change Log Activated field. Close the window.

You must restart the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client for the new change log settings to take effect.



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The change log cannot track all changes to BLOB fields. Microsoft Dynamics NAV tracks that the BLOB field gets set or cleared but cannot read if the field value changes.



Microsoft Dynamics NAV always logs changes to the Change Log Activated field, which means that you are always able to see which user deactivated or reactivated the change log. This cannot be turned off.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV also always tracks the following system tables:

  • Access Control 

  • Change Log Setup 

  • Change Log Setup (Table) 

  • Change Log Setup (Field) 

  • Permission 

  • Permission Set 

  • User 

  • User Property