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Enable External Change Data Capture and Tracking

Enable external change data capture for the data source and each external object that you want to monitor.

Required Editions

User Permissions Needed
To create or edit external objects: Customize Application
  1. From Setup, enter External Data Sources in the Quick Find box, then select External Data Sources.
  2. Click Edit, and select Eligible for External Change Data Capture.
  3. Click Save.
  4. From the External Objects list , select the external object that you want to track.
  5. Click Edit, and select Track Data Changes.
  6. Click Save.

After you enable change tracking, a publication channel is created under the topic for the external object. For example, /data/Object Name__ChangeEvents appears as /data/Products__ChangeEvents, where Product is the object name.