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Completing the History tab of a Data form

Forms for many Data- classes include a uniform History tab. Follow these instructions to use this tab.

Field

Description

Full Description

Enter text describing this data instance. This field may appear in list view reports.

Usage

Optional. Enter text for later reference describing any special considerations, usage, or other facts about this instance. This field rarely is included in list view reports.

Full History  
Add

Operator ID of the user who created this data instance, plus the date, time, and system ID in which it was created.

Update

Read-only. Operator ID of the user who most recently updated this data instance, plus the date, time, and system ID in which it was updated.

Move

Read-only. System-maintained date, time, and Operator ID of the user who most recently uploaded this data instance into this Pega 7 system's database, using the Import Archive facility. The System ID reflects the source system.

History Details...

Click to display in a new window the previous history of this instance (since it was created in or moved to the current system).

Open the Add Memo field by clicking the expansion button to the left of the title. A free-form text field displays. Click Add Memo to add the text you entered to the history of the rule.

Using the optional security audit feature, your application can present, in the History Details display. details about which values were added, updated, or removed from the data instance. See How to enable security auditing for rule or data changes.

By default, the system stores history instances for data objects as rows of the pr_history_data table.

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