Examples of Updating Date-Effective Objects

When you update a date-effective object, you insert a physical record in the object's history. Typically, the inserted record follows the current record and the effective start date is today. However, you can also enter future-dated changes and update past records.

Entering Future-Dated Changes

The grade EC3 exists from 17 June, 2019. Its ceiling step changes from 1 January, 2023. On 30 November, 2022, you change the grade's ceiling step and enter an effective start date of 1 January, 2023. This change creates a physical record in the grade definition, as shown in this table.

Physical Record	Effective Start Date	Effective End Date	Ceiling Step
2	1 January, 2023		4
1	17 June, 2019	31 December, 2022	3

From 1 January, 2023 physical record 2 is in effect. Until then, physical record 1 is in effect.

Applying Historical Updates to Later Records

Jennifer Watts has one assignment, as shown in this table.

Physical Record	Effective Start Date	Effective End Date	Grade	Location
2	18 September, 2022		A1	Area Office
1	10 April, 2022	17 September, 2022	A1	HQ

You promote Jennifer to grade A2 from 1 July, 2022. You update her assignment with an effective start date of 1 July, 2022 and enter grade A2. This update:

• Inserts a physical record between existing records 1 and 2

• Sets the effective end dates of physical record 1 to 30 June, 2022 and of the inserted record to 17 September, 2022

You also correct existing physical record 2 to change the grade from A1 to A2.

Jennifer's assignment history is now as shown in this table.

Physical Record	Effective Start Date	Effective End Date	Grade	Location
3	18 September, 2022		A2	Area Office
2	1 July, 2022	17 September, 2022	A2	HQ
1	10 April, 2022	30 June, 2022	A1	HQ