Data Director User Guide

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Comparing Data Before and After Events

Use the

History

view to compare changes to master data.

With the record open, from the

View

list, select

History

The record views that appear in the

View

list depend on the

Data Director

configuration and your user role privileges.

The

History

view opens. Changes to the record appear on the timeline.

Optionally, select filters to show or hide different types of events.

Optionally, select a time unit to group data events. To do this, click

Options

and choose a different timescale. For example, select

to select a monthly timescale.

The following image shows data events grouped under the month of October: A screenshot showing the History view for the business entity John Smith. The data event labelled Email is highlighted. The email address for the business entity in the Before column is different from the email address in the After column.

A screenshot showing the History view for the business entity John Smith. The data event labelled Email is highlighted. The email address for the business entity in the Before column is different from the email address in the After column.

Click the event labeled

The event details panel shows the record details before and after the event and the time when the record was updated. In this example, the email address has changed from jsmith@example.com to jxsmith88@example.com.

Click the event labeled

SMITH, JOHN

The following image shows that the display name of the record changed from John Smith to John Xavier Smith. A screenshot showing the History view for the business entity John Smith. The data event labelled Smith, John is highlighted. The display name for the business entity in the Before column is different from the email address in the After column.

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Comparing Data Before and After Events

Comparing Data Before and After Events