You can view change events, such as create, update, delete, merge, unmerge, and restore along with relationship updates, in the history of records. You can filter the history feed and group it by day, month, or year.
If you suspect that the data in a record has changed inappropriately, you can identify the event that caused the data change.
History page
To view the history of a record, open a record, and click the History tab.
The following image shows a sample History page:
1History panel
2Event details panel
3Show/Hide filter
4View
5Expand
Note:
The order of the section entries in the history might not match the order of the section entries listed on the record details page.
The following table describes the different user interface elements that you can find on the History page:
User Interface Element
Description
Show/Hide Filter
Displays the Filter menu.
Click Add Filter and select the following values based on which you want to filter the history feed:
- Date Range. Filters the history feed based on a date range. You can select Today, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, or Custom.
- Event. Filters the history feed based on event types. You can filter based on a single or multiple event types.
Note:
When you filter for Merged events, those events appear for records that merged into master records. To view the corresponding events for those master records, filter for Updated events.
- Business Entity Fields. Filters the history feed based on business entity fields. You can filter based on a single business entity field or all fields.
- Related Records. Filters the history feed based on related records. You can refine the filter by filtering based on a relationship type and multiple relationship attributes. If you filter based on all relationship types, you can't filter specific relationship attributes.
- Hierarchical Relationships. Filters the history feed based on hierarchical relationships that the record belongs to. You can refine the filter by filtering based on a hierarchy model and a relationship type. If you filter based on all hierarchy models, you can't filter specific relationship types.
View
Groups the history feed by day, month, or year.
Select one of the following values based on which you want to group the history feed:
- Daily. Groups the history feed by day.
- Monthly. Groups the history feed by month.
- Yearly. Groups the history feed by year.
Expand
Displays the event details in full screen.
Change event details
The event details provide information about a change event. You can view information, such as changes to business entity fields and metadata of a record.
The following table describes event types in the history of a record and the user actions that trigger them:
Event Type
Description
Created
Occurs when a record is created.
Deleted
Occurs when a record is deleted.
A Deleted event appears in the history of a record that's restored after deletion.
Restored
Occurs when a record is restored.
Merged
Occurs when a record is merged into a master record.
Unmerged
Occurs when a record is unmerged from a master record and becomes a new master record.
Purged
Occurs when the history of a record is purged.
A Purged event appears for a record when the history of the record is being purged. After the retention period, all events in the history of the record are purged.
Added
Occurs when a record is added to a hierarchy or a related record is added to the record.
Removed
Occurs when a record is removed from a hierarchy or a related record is removed.
Updated
Occurs when a record is updated.
An Updated event appears for a record in the following scenarios:
- Any field of the record is added, edited, or deleted, including when any inapplicable field is removed.
- A relationship is edited.
- The record is a master record that's created as a result of an unmerge action, with a business ID that was assigned before the unmerge and contributed to the master record that it unmerged from.
- Other records are merged into the record.
Preview Notice:
Effective in the April 2026 release, the ability to view the history of a record created before the October 2025 release, which contributes to a master record created after the October 2025 release, is available for preview.
Preview functionality is supported for evaluation purposes but is unwarranted and is not supported in production environments or any environment that you plan to push to production. Informatica intends to include the preview functionality in an upcoming release for production use, but might choose not to in accordance with changing market or technical circumstances. For more information, contact Informatica Global Customer Support.
If you view the full history of a master record that includes the history of its contributing record, two Created events can appear in the history of the record. A Created event appears for the creation of the master record, and another appears for the creation of the contributing record.
To view event details, click an event in the history panel, and then click the following tabs:
•Event Summary. Displays the summary and details of the event. The Event Summary tab appears for delete, merge, unmerge, and restore events, and also for relationship updates. The Event Summary tab doesn't appear for create and update events.
•Business Entity Fields. Displays the changes to the business entity fields.
To view all the fields, clear Show the updated fields.
•Relationship Attributes. Applies to relationship updates. Displays the changes to the relationship attributes.
To view all the attributes, clear Show the updated fields.
•Hierarchies. Applies to hierarchical updates. Displays the changes to the hierarchical relationship attributes.
To view all the attributes, clear Show the updated fields.
