Data Director User Guide

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Viewing Data Change Events

You can view the data change events for a record in the

Effective Periods

view.

Open a record in the

Effective Periods

view.

The data change events of the record that occur up to the current date appear in the view.

Optionally, to identify the data change events that occurred up to a specific point in time other than the current date, use the calendar in the

History date up to

field to select a date.

The data change events that occur up to the specified point in time for the record appear.

The following image shows the data change events that occurred up to September 20, 2016 for the record, Alex Sam:

To move into view the portion of the timeline that has the data change events that you want to inspect, enter a date range or use the slider.

The following image shows a portion of the timeline with data change events and the corresponding slider adjustment:

To view the details of the data change events, move the pointer over the squares.

The following image shows the details of two data change events:

To open a data change event, right-click the event, and then click

View details on effective date

The data change event opens in a tab below the timeline. The data change event contains the record details for the specified effective period.

The following image shows the data change event for Alex that is effective on May 4, 1990:

The data change event shows that Alex Sam was single and went by the name Alex Johns.