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What is the best practice to track Custom Fields' history on Custom Objects?

Edit: Also, is there any way to include Field History in Reports?

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I'd say, only track those fields for which it makes sense and the history actually provide added value. – Sdry Dec 7 '12 at 9:38

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  1. Check 'Track Field History' on custom object
  2. Push button 'Set History Tracking' which is displayed together with 'Custom Fields & Relationships'
  3. Check up to 20 fields to track
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Field Trip, is a nice free app that you can use to get a good set of reports on # of records used, whether custom or standard etc. on all the major objects.

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Turns out you can't report on field history on the child object in a Master/Detail relationship. It's a known issue and there's an Idea for fixing it (https://sites.secure.force.com/success/ideaview?id=08730000000BrlxAAC). The kicker is that the UI lets you turn on history tracking for fields, and the data is captured, but you can't access it with the reporting engine. This means no dashboards and the like.

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