"Modified By" and "Modified On" fields changing without modifying anything

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Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? Simply opening a record changes these fields, setting me as "Modified By" and "Modified On" as the current time, without updating anything on the form in any way.

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BharatPremji 2,485 on at

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RE: "Modified By" and "Modified On" fields changing without modifying anything

Hi Chris,

If you have auditing enabled for the entity, check the audit log, it will tell you which field(s) are getting updated and causing the Modified On and Modified By fields to update

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Hari Narayanan 589 on at

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RE: "Modified By" and "Modified On" fields changing without modifying anything

As Others suggested, check for JS or Business rules which runs on onload of the form and modifies the record automatically. Once you open form check if the unsaved changes alert comes in the right bottom of the screen.

Try disabling the Auto save and check if you get an alert when you try navigating from the open form. so you can confirm that client side script needs some changes
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RE: "Modified By" and "Modified On" fields changing without modifying anything

This mostly happens due to a client side script(JS/Business rule) which updates some field in the form on load.

Try disabling Js/Business rules to narrow down the root cause.
ashlega 34,475 on at

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RE: "Modified By" and "Modified On" fields changing without modifying anything

Have a look at the business rules and/or javascripts.

If they are updating some hidden fields, for example, autosave will kick in, save the record, and you'll get those two fields changed