Interval Data is Stored in Data Sets
Interval data in the system will have many different origins.
- It may be contract-related data, which is setup at the beginning of the contract or contract year
- It may be data, which is interfaced from an external source periodically
Regardless of the origin of the data, all data will have similar characteristics
- Data will be received by the system, or created by the system periodically. The system will store whatever new data needs to be stored.
- The period represented by the batch of new data is variable.
- New data may be an update to previously received data