Issue/Symptom/Question

If I have a field that has existed for a while with data in the tables and that "Maintain Effective Dates" was unchecked, but I check it now, will that have any adverse impacts?

When you check the "Maintain Effective Dates" box, does it actually keep a history of the UDF field data as it has changed over time or does it only track the dates that the field has changed?

Applies To

PENTA for Windows

User Defined Fields

Resolution/Fix/Answer

The only adverse affect will be if you check "Required" and Maintain Effective Date when setting up the UDF, then the user is required to enter an effective date.

Yes, in PENTA there is a History pop-up window which shows the history of the specific UDF changes - see the screenshot below: