When you define and maintain the timeline information, to manage the timelines of business entities and relationships, the
MDM Hub
enforces pre-defined timeline enforcement rules. The
MDM Hub
applies a set of rules to the period start and end dates to manage effective periods during the load and put operations.
At any point in time, the
MDM Hub
considers only one version of a record to be effective, based on effective start and effective end dates. When you use batch processes, Services Integration Framework, or Informatica Data Director to change data, the
MDM Hub
persists the current effective data. Also, when many systems contribute to a base object record, the
MDM Hub
enforces rules to update the version of the record, based on the contributing effective records.
You can also use user exits to define and enforce custom rules to manage timelines and effective dates.