Dynamics 365’s built-in audit history is a valuable feature for tracking changes, but its interface has remained outdated and inefficient. Navigating through audit logs can be slow and cumbersome, especially in environments with large amounts of data. To address these limitations, we’ve developed the PCF Audit History, a modern, high-performance alternative that enhances usability and introduces powerful new features like the ability to revert to previous values.
What Is a PCF?
The PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) empowers developers to build high-quality, reusable components for Dynamics 365. With PCFs, you can create controls that offer a superior user experience, improved performance, and a level of customization that’s hard to match with traditional web resources.
Why a New Audit History Control?
While Dynamics 365 offers native auditing, the existing interface is outdated and difficult to work with. Users must scroll through long lists of changes with limited ways to filter or interact with the data, making it inefficient for troubleshooting or reviewing historical modifications.
The PCF Audit History solves these challenges by:
✅ Modernizing the UI with a cleaner, more responsive design.
✅ Improving performance so audit logs load faster and handle large datasets more efficiently.
✅ Adding advanced filtering to quickly find relevant changes.
✅ Allowing direct reversion to previous values, simplifying data correction.
Key Features
- Fast and Intuitive Audit Log Navigation: The control loads audit records efficiently, presenting data in an optimized, structured format. No more waiting for slow-loading audit logs—get the information you need instantly.
- Column-Based Filtering for Faster Search: This PCF allows users to filter audit logs by specific columns. Whether you need to see changes to a particular field or actions from a specific user, filtering makes it easy.
- Revert to Previous Values in One Click: One of the most powerful enhancements is the ability to restore previous values directly from the audit history. If incorrect data was entered, users can quickly roll back changes without manual intervention.
- Enhanced User Experience with Fluent UI: The PCF is built using Fluent UI, ensuring it seamlessly blends with the rest of the Dynamics 365 experience. The modern design makes working with audit history feel like an integrated, out-of-the-box feature.
- Compact and Expandable View Options: See a high-level summary or expand records for detailed audit data, allowing for a clearer view of historical changes without unnecessary clutter.
How It Works
At its core, the PCF Audit History leverages modern web technologies to efficiently retrieve and display audit logs in a structured, user-friendly format. Unlike the default Dynamics 365 audit history, which can be slow and difficult to navigate, this control ensures a smooth and responsive experience.
The control automatically fetches audit data related to a given record and presents it in a clear, interactive view.
Because the PCF is built using Fluent UI, it integrates seamlessly with Dynamics 365, ensuring a native and polished look while significantly enhancing usability.
Getting Started
- Download the Solution: Download the latest solution file from GitHub, containing the PCF control.
- Import the Solution: Import the solution into your Dynamics 365 environment.
- Add the control to table forms: Add the control to a column in a form to view the audit history from within a form
A Better Way to Work with Audit Logs
The PCF Audit History provides a much-needed improvement to Dynamics 365’s default auditing experience. With a modern UI, faster performance, column-based filtering, and the ability to revert changes instantly, this control streamlines audit log management and enhances usability.
We look forward to seeing how the community benefits from this solution. If you have feedback or feature suggestions, feel free to contribute to the project on GitHub.
