Feed tracking is what turns record changes into automatic FeedItems. Here is how an admin enables it and chooses the fields that post to feeds. You configure it once per object in Setup.
- Open Feed Tracking in Setup
In Setup, use Quick Find to open Feed Tracking. You see a list of objects on the left and the available fields for the selected object on the right.
- Enable tracking for the object
Select the object you want to track, then check Enable Feed Tracking. Until this box is checked, no field changes on that object create FeedItems.
- Pick the fields to track
Check the specific fields whose changes should post to the feed. Track only the fields that matter for collaboration so the feed is not buried in automatic updates.
- Save and verify
Save your changes, then edit a tracked field on a sample record. Confirm a TrackedChange post appears in that record's feed and in the feeds of users following it.
The per-object switch. It must be on before any field on that object generates feed posts.
The fields you select to monitor. You can track up to 20 fields per object; Activities support fewer.
Controls whether changes on related records can surface in a parent record's feed, depending on the object and edition.
- Configuring feed tracking requires the Customize Application permission, so most standard users cannot change it.
- Formula, roll-up summary, and some auto-generated fields cannot be tracked, so they will not appear in the field list.
- Changes you make to your own records post to your profile feed but are kept out of your own What I Follow feed by design.
- Tracked updates older than 45 days with no likes or comments are cleaned up automatically, except on Case records.