---
title: "Codeunit 6520 Item Tracing Mgt."
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/codeunit/6520-item-tracing-mgt/
type: codeunit
id: 6520
name: "Item Tracing Mgt."
app: "Base Application"
namespace: Microsoft.Inventory.Tracking
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/codeunit/6520-item-tracing-mgt/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Codeunit 6520 Item Tracing Mgt.

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/codeunit/6520-item-tracing-mgt/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | Microsoft.Inventory.Tracking |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | Inventory/Tracking/ItemTracingMgt.Codeunit.al |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FindRecords | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Text, Text, Text, Text, Option, Option) | - | public | 17-21 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by procedure FindRecords() with parameter PackageNoFilter. |
| InitTempTable | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ExpandAll | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| InitSearchCriteria | (Text, Text, Text) | - | public | 17-21 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by procedure InitSearchCriteria() with parameter PackageNoFilter. |
| InitSearchParm | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text) | - | public | 17-21 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by same procedure with PackageNoFilter parameter. |
| SetRecordID | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ShowDocument | (RecordId) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetExpansionStatus | (Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Option) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SpecificTracking | (Code[20], Code[50], Code[50]) | Boolean | public | 17-21 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by procedure IsSpecificTracking(). |
| RecallHistory | (Integer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Option, var Option) | Boolean | public | 17-21 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by procedure RecallHistory with parameter PackageNoFilter. |
| GetHistoryStatus | (var Boolean, var Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindRecords | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Option, Option) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| NextLevel | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Record Item Tracing Buffer, Option, Option, Integer) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| FindComponents | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Option, Option, Integer) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| InsertRecord | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Integer) | Boolean | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| TransferData | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| InitSearchCriteria | (Text, Text, Text, Text) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| InitSearchParm | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| IsSpecificTracking | (Code[20], Record Item Tracking Setup) | Boolean | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| RecallHistory | (Integer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Text, var Option, var Option) | Boolean | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| SetVariables | (Integer, Integer) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| GetVariables | (var Integer, var Integer) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| RunOnSetRecordIDOnBeforeProcessServiceDocument | (Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | - | internal | 25-27 | - | - |

## Events

| Kind | Name | Parameters | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration event | OnAfterInitItemTracingHistoryBuffer | (var Record Item Tracing History Buffer, var Boolean) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterInitSearchParam | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterTransferData | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 17-18 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeFindComponents | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Option, Option, Integer, var Integer, var Integer, var Boolean) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeItemTracingHistoryBufferInsert | (var Record Item Tracing History Buffer) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeNextLevel | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Option, Option, Integer, var Integer, var Integer, var Boolean) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeShowDocument | (RecordRef, var Boolean) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFindComponentsOnAfterSetFilters | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Ledger Entry) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFindComponentsOnAfterTransferData | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Ledger Entry, Record Item Ledger Entry) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnAfterSetLedgerEntryFilters | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Text, var Text, var Text) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnAfterTransferData | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnBeforeInsertFirstLevelEntry | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Record Item Ledger Entry) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnInsertRecordOnBeforeSetDescription | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var RecordRef, var Text[100]) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnNextLevelOnAfterTransferData | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnRetrieveHistoryDataOnAfterTraceHistoryLine | (var Record Item Tracing History Buffer) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnSetRecordIDOnBeforeProcessServiceDocument | (Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 17-27 | Pending 25.0 | Moved to codeunit Serv. Item Tracing Mgt. |
| Integration event | OnAfterTransferData | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Record Value Entry) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeIsSpecificTracking | (Code[20], Record Item Tracking Setup, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeSetRecordID | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Boolean) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterInitSearchCriteria | (Text, Text, Text, Text, var Option) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeExitLevel | (Record Item Tracing Buffer, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeInsertRecord | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Integer, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeUpdateHistory | (var Record Item Tracing History Buffer, var Integer, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Option, Option, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnAfterItemLedgEntrySetCurrentKey | (var Record Item Ledger Entry) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnAfterTempItemTracingBufferSetCurrentKey | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFirstLevelOnBeforeTransferData | (var Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Ledger Entry) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeInitSearchCriteria | (var Option, Text, Text, Text, Text, var Boolean) | 22-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnSetRecordIDOnProcessServiceDocument | (Record Item Ledger Entry, var Record Item Tracing Buffer) | 25-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnShowDocument | (RecordRef) | 25 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnFindRecordsOnBeforeInitTempTable | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, Option, Option) | 25-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnShowDocument | (RecordRef, RecordId) | 26-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterSetRecordID | (var Record Item Tracing Buffer, RecordRef) | 26-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.