How does Auditor compare to Great Plains Activity Tracking?
The Activity Tracking feature in Great Plains is different in its scope and purpose than Auditor. Here are the major differences. First, Activity Tracking will track failed logins and failed accesses to forms and reports. It also tracks posting actions and process server actions, as well as access to Report Writer and Modifier. Auditor is not intended to track these things. Where there is some overlap, Activity Tracking will track additions, deletions, and modifications of Master records, Setup records, and Transaction records. Master records include Employee Master, Customer Master, Vendor Master, etc. However, when a modification occurs on a record, Activity Tracking only tells you that a given record was modified, but does not tell you what was modified. On the other hand, Auditor will track not only Master records, it will track any and all records, including those in third party products. When a change is made to a given field, Auditor will track the field name, its old value, and
