| title | Annotate a Transaction | |
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| description | Annotate a Transaction (Master Data Services) | |
| author | meetdeepak | |
| ms.author | dkhare | |
| ms.reviewer | mikeray | |
| ms.date | 03/05/2026 | |
| ms.service | sql | |
| ms.subservice | master-data-services | |
| ms.topic | how-to | |
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server - Windows only ASDBMI]
[!INCLUDE support-notice]
In [!INCLUDEssMDSshort], annotate a transaction when you want to provide supporting details about the transaction for historical purposes.
Note
You cannot delete annotations.
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To annotate transactions that you created, you must have permission to access the Explorer functional area, and have a minimum of Update permission to the model object you want to annotate.
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To annotate transactions for all users, you must have permission to access the Version Management functional area and be a model administrator. For more information, see Administrators (Master Data Services).
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On the [!INCLUDEssMDSmdm] home page, from the Model list, select a model.
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From the Version list, select a version.
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Click Explorer.
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From the menu bar, point to Entities and click the entity that contains the member with a transaction you want to annotate.
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In the grid, click the row of the member.
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Click View Transactions.
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In the View Transactions dialog box, click the transaction you want to annotate.
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In the box at the bottom of the dialog box, type your annotation.
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Click Add Annotation. The annotation is displayed in the Annotations pane.
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On the [!INCLUDEssMDSmdm] home page, click Version Management.
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On the menu bar, click Transactions.
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In the Transactions pane, click the row in the grid for the transaction you want to annotate.
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In the Transaction Annotations pane, in the Annotation box, type your annotation.
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Click OK.
Annotations (Master Data Services)
Transactions (Master Data Services)