Which tool is making a change?

Question

Hi, 
 Is there a way (Session variable or field) that would allow me to tell in a template or elsewhere which application triggered a change to Person data? As in: is it Manager, or the Web Portal or a Job Server or some other App coming ion over an API. 
 The requirement is to be able to make a difference between a change made by a person manually directly versus a change that comes in over sync. 
 Maybe the solution requires us to manage Connection variables ourselves? 
 thanks, 
 Rob.

Markus Weiss-Ehlers · Accepted Answer

To distinguish between set by synchronization or on a different way, you can utility the XUserUpdated value. The synchronization engine sets the user to "Synchronization".

carsten.paul · Answer

If you're querying the DialogWatchOperationTable (where all data modification operations are stored on an object level, the attribute changes are stored in DialogWatchProperty with an FK to DialogWatchOperation), you'll see more detailed information in the column OperationUser. If someone is making changes manually using a tool you'll see the username, MACID, Hostname and Tool which was used to do the change. Unfortunately the column is to short to have the full information in some occasions.