Start or stop auditing for the organization

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Start auditing at the organization level to allow auditing for entities and fields. When you start auditing for the first time, auditing is started by default on the following entities: Account, Contact, Goal, Goal Metric, Lead, Marketing List, Product, Quick Campaign, Rollup Query, and Sales Literature.

You may want to stop auditing for maintenance purposes or when the database space is limited. Stopping auditing at the organization level stops the tracking of changes for the entities or fields for the period for which auditing is stopped at the organization level. When you start organization level auditing again, the same entities and fields are selected for auditing that were selected when you stopped auditing for the organization.

1. In the Navigation Pane, click Settings. Then under System, click Auditing.
2. In the Audit area, click Global Audit Settings.
3. To start audit tracking, in the System Settings dialog box, click the Auditing tab. Then, select the Start Auditing check box.

   - OR -

   To stop audit tracking, clear the Start Auditing check box.

4. To start or stop auditing on specific business areas, select or clear one of the following the check boxes:
   • Common Entities. This check box is selected by default when you start auditing for the first time.
   • Sales Entities. When select or clear this check box, auditing is started or stopped for the following entities: Competitor, Opportunity, Invoice, Order, and Quote.
   • Marketing Entities. When select or clear this check box, auditing is started or stopped for the Campaign entity.
   • Customer Service Entities. When select or clear this check box, auditing is started or stopped for the following entities: Case, Contract, and Service.
5. Click OK.