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History Log vs Performance Impact

  • Nov 10, 2026 3:46 PM UTC
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Chamath Kuruppuarachchi
Hero (Partner)
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Hi All,

One of my customers would like to track changes to certain fields in Master Part > Inventory Part and other objects.

I understand that I can enable History Log for the required logical units and fields. I also understand that old history records can be deleted automatically.

My question is Could enabling History Log affect application performance over time?

What has been your experience with using History Log? Have you noticed any performance issues after using it for a long time?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.

 

Thanks,
Chamath

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NickPorter
Superhero (Customer)
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  • NickPorter
  • Superhero (Customer)
  • Nov 10, 2026 4:14 PM UTC

Not really.  Over time the only impact I found is that the data storage increases (slower backups, more disk usage etc).  As you say, keeping old records cleaned up is a good consideration.

The bigger impact to ongoing performance would be if you turn on history logging for a lot of items, in which case think of it as essentially doubling the amount of writes when changes are made in addition to storage increase over time.

Nick

Superhero (Partner)
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  • knepiosko
  • Superhero (Partner)
  • Nov 10, 2026 4:31 PM UTC

I’ve always wondered why the cleanup flag is unchecked by default. When I asked support, I was told that it was designed that way and they couldn’t change it...

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