Display Type of a Custom Field Automatically Changed

Scenario

The user noticed that the Display Type of the Custom Transaction Line Field coming from a Managed Bundle was changed from Normal to Hidden.

 

Under History tab > System Notes, it suggests that one of the Administrators performed the changes. However, the Administrator never performed this change in the UI himself/herself.

Solution

As the custom field came from the bundle, the user may need to check for a bundle update.

  1. Global Search: Enter Bundle ID
  2. View Bundle Record
  3. Navigate to Audit Trail
  4. Note: Compare the Date and Time Stamp on when the update occurred and when the Display Type changed. Both Administrators matched hence the cause of the change was due to the managed bundle update.

 

For managed bundles, changes in the components are being handled/controlled by the author. The user shown in the bundle audit trail as executing a managed bundle update in your account is an arbitrary designation.

The managed bundle update process selects a user in the employee list to be the entry in the Installed By column of the audit trail. This selection is the administrator that has the lowest internal ID.

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