RecentFieldChange

Use this virtual object to see how an opportunity has changed in the past seven days. Learn the previous value of a field, who made the change, and when the change was made. This object is available in API version 52.0 and later.

Supported Calls

describeSObjects(), query()

Special Access Rules

To use RecentFieldChange, set up historical trend reporting for opportunities in your org. You must also have the Pipeline Inspection user permission and the Pipeline Inspection setting enabled.

Fields

Field	Details
ChangeDate	Type dateTime Properties Description The date and time that the specified field was changed.
CurrencyIsoCode	Type picklist Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The ISO code for the currency value. Must be one of the valid alphabetic, three-letter currency ISO codes defined by the ISO 4217 standard, such as USD, GBP, or JPY. The default value is 'USD'.
FieldName	Type string Properties Filter, Group Description The name of the opportunity field that you want the previous value of. Possible values are: `Amount` `CloseDate` `StageName` `ForecastCategory` `NextStep`
ParentId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group Description The ID of the opportunity that you want the change history for. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name Parent Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Opportunity
PreviousCurrencyValue	Type currency Properties Nillable Description The previous value of a currency field on an opportunity.
PreviousDateOnlyValue	Type date Properties Group, Nillable Description The previous value of a date field on an opportunity.
PreviousTextValue	Type string Properties Group, Nillable Description The previous value of a text field on an opportunity.
ValueChangedById	Type reference Properties Group Description The ID of the user who changed the specified field's value during the specified time period. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name ValueChangedBy Relationship Type Lookup Refers To User

Usage

One recentFieldChange record is returned for each field that was changed in the past seven days. The supported fields are Amount, Close Date, Forecast Category, Next Step, and Stage Name. Only the most recent previous value is returned.

Example

To see the most recent previous amount for an opportunity, use the following query. Replace 006R0000XXXXXXXXXX with the ID of the opportunity.

If the sales rep didn't change the opportunity stage name in the past seven days, no values are returned. If the sales rep changed the opportunity amount several times in the past seven days, only the most recent previous value is returned.

Example

To see the most recent previous amount, close date, forecast category, next step, and stage name for an opportunity, use the following query. Replace 006R0000XXXXXXXXXX with the ID of the opportunity.

If the opportunity amount, close date, forecast category, next step, and stage name didn’t change in the past seven days, no values are returned.

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

RecentFieldChange

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