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KB0683358

How to add "History" list in form section (tab)


1631 Views Last updated : May 9, 2025 public Copy Permalink
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Issue

This article explains how to display a record's audit history directly on the form, within a dedicated "History" tab or section—eliminating the need to access it via the Context Menu → History → List.

Release

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Resolution

To display the audit history on the form, you’ll need to create a Relationship between the target table (e.g., Incident) and the History [sys_history_line] table.

Step 1: Create a Relationship Record

  1. Navigate to System Definition > Relationships.
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter a descriptive Title (e.g., History).
  4. Set Applies to Table to the desired table (e.g., Incident).
  5. Set Queries from Table to History [sys_history_line].
  6. In the Query with field (Line #4), add the following:


current.addQuery("id",parent.sys_id); 

Navigate to the Incident table. 

  1. Configure Form Layout
  2. In the "Form view and section", scroll all the way down in "Section".
  3. Click New and give it a caption.
  4. This will create an empty section.
  5. From "Available" slushbucket, find "History" and put it on the Selected list.
  6. Save. 

History Tab Added

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