View all elements last changed by a specific user

[skyeg321]

I've been asked to review the work of a colleague on a workshared project. Is there a way I can view or highlight all elements last changed by a certain user? 

[syman2000]

Yes. You can click on owners and show who own it.

[ToanDN]

Look into Worksharing Status.

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

If you're asking to review things that were last changed by a certain user, but not currently borrowed or actively being edited, then you'll be looking to create something with Dynamo to look at all elements to see who they were last changed by, then limit the results to just that user. It won't help you if those elements have been altered by someone else, so you're likely to miss some work.

You're probably better off talking to them about what work they did and then reviewing the results in the views/sheets since that's what everyone else will be using to see their work ultimately.

[TheMattatonAP]

Yeah, doesn't seem possible with built-in worksharing display tools. As soon as the user syncs-up the ownership, etc. is reset. Have to be some custom and rather complex, like @SteveKStafford  suggests.

[skyeg321]

Yeah we are telling people to sync every hour or so so ownership disappears. What I need to do is filter the view by the "last changed by" field but that is not something I can filter by in stock Revit unfortunately. 

[TheMattatonAP]

Yeah, I sync instead of just saving myself. So every 5-10 minutes. 😄 

Have you ever messed with Dynamo? This may be a great get-your-feet-wet first script. The Dynamo forums are excellent for getting help as you figure things out. Once you get into Dynamo, you'll start figuring out ALL SORTS of applications for little custom time-saving scripts.

If all this is grabbing a parameter from the views and listing them, that's pretty darn easy with Dynamo.