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User ID tracing for transaction in BC

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Hello BC user,

Does anyone knows to set up user ID tracing? how can we see the person / User ID for transaction in BC. 

For example when posting PO, it shows a Purchase receipt, how in our configuration it does not show who (person / user ID ) did the posting.

Thank you.

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    Valentin Castravet Profile Picture
    31,396 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    If you open the Page Inspection Pane (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F1 learn.microsoft.com/.../across-inspect-page) you will have two fields you can use:

    • User ID
    • SystemCreatedBy

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    However, the SystemCreatedBy isn't available to be added to the page out of the box, you will have to get a developer to do it. The User ID is available but its typically for Ledger Entries pages and not on documents such as a posted purchase receipt.  

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    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    11,397 on at

    hi

    If the Purchase Header and Purchase Header Archive tables were not set up to be logged, then it may not be possible to determine who released the purchase order using the change log. However, there are a few other options you can try:

    Check the workflow history: If the purchase order was released using a workflow, you may be able to find the user who released it by checking the workflow history.

    Check the approvals: If the purchase order required approval before being released, you may be able to see who approved it by checking the approvals.

    Check the audit trail: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has an audit trail feature that tracks changes made to data in the system, including purchase orders. If the audit trail was enabled when the purchase order was released, you may be able to see who modified it.

    Check with users: If all else fails, you may want to ask around to see if anyone remembers who released the purchase order.

    It's worth noting that even if you can't determine who released the purchase order, you can still take steps to prevent similar situations from happening in the future. You may want to consider enabling the change log for the Purchase Header and Purchase Header Archive tables, or implementing tighter controls around who has the ability to release purchase orders.

    DAniele

  • Santiago Velasco Profile Picture
    20 on at

    Thank you Valentin. This has help a lot.

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    Santiago Velasco Profile Picture
    20 on at

    This is very helpful and use for future actions.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    95,593 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi, just adding some info, hope this helps as well.

    Data audit fields:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-table-system-fields#audit

    User Security Id (SID) and User Id (Name):

    https://yzhums.com/25881/

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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