I need to remove unused fields from the table. What could be the best practice to do that ?

[Kaleem A]

Hi All,

I have an existing application in my instance. Table is extended from task table. I need to remove unused fields from the table. What could be the best practice to do that ?

Regards,

Kaleemullah Akbar

[rajmasurkar]

Hi,

In stead of removing those fields from the table, I would advice you to remove the fields from the form by using form layout.

Raj

[Kaleem A]

Hi Raj,

Thanks for the response, my question is like. I have set of fields in the form which is visible there are some fields which are not used. I would like to track there usage. How do I track if they are being used in the background?

Regards,

Kaleemullah Akbar

[JusCuz]

If you have fields you want to know are being used or not, just create a report to run periodically on those fields....set it to show where the field is not empty. If you get any results in the report....the field is being used. You can set this as a guage on your homepage, or just have the report run on a schedule if you like.

I would not ever remove any fields from a table however, best to just leave that one alone.

[rajmasurkar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In that case, I would advice you to use 'Field Watcher'.

But you can watch only one field at a time.

Raj