Dictionary tables content history

Hi developers,
does anybody know if there is a way to have an history about the content of a dictionary table? I mean not about its versions, just about the records it contained last month, last week, yesterday...
I need to know how its content changed with time, but I don't know how to do (and I'm not sure it's possible).
Thanx to all

Vijay,
Yes it can be done. Change documents are created based on the data element of the field in the table. The data element must be set to create a change document. This is just the first step. Posted below is the online help describing the change document field of a data element. I looked into this several years ago and decided not to do it. The work required was more than the time allowed.
Bruce
Indicator for writing change documents
Use
This flag is used to create change documents for business objects.
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Logging only takes place if the fields whose contents were changed refer to a data element that was flagged as relevant for the change document.
You can go to the maintenance screen for change documents from the initial screen of the ABAP Workbench with Development -> Other tools -> Change documents.

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