# Getting around the dreaded "Last Modified by System Admin"

First off, I love Salesforce, but don't you wish that Salesforce would just let you hit a record and ignore the fact that you, the System Administrator, edited the record so that metrics wont get skewed by your edits? Many sales & support managers monitor the Last Modified By field. But, they just dont like it when we push new function into the system and we are forced to do a mass update of 10,000 records.

I'm sure Salesforce will resolve this issue in 10 years (safe harbor). Here is a really quick workaround to resolve this issue!

1. Create a new text field field called: **Last Modified by Name NonAdmin**.
2. Create a new datetime field called: **Last Modified by NonAdmin D/T**.
3. Create a new formula field called: **Last Modified by NonAdmin** and concatenate the previous two fields so you simulate the "Name Date Time" function.
4. Create a workflow that evaluates when the object system field **LastModifiedById** field is changed AND not the same as the user editing.
5. Create a field update to stamp the D/T field when this occurs.
6. Create a field update to stamp the Name field with the user's full name

For more specific details about this method check out my [highlights](/content/work/#/last-modified-by-non-system-admin/index.html) section.

For those of you who want the system Last Modified field to be able to dynamically ignore a specific profile, go vote on that idea:

[https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000BrSKAA0](https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000BrSKAA0)