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Reporting Periods

A hierarchy reporting period defines a time range with a start and end date. The reporting period start and end dates do not have to match the billing periods defined in external billing system. The reporting period is the smallest time interval for hierarchy versioning. Only the changes made across different hierarchy periods are versioned. Changes made to hierarchies within a reporting period are not tracked or versioned. Figure 3 illustrates the relationship between hierarchy reporting periods and billing periods.

Figure 3. Reporting Periods