Viewing Evidence Change History

The evidence change history provides a complete view of the changes made to a single piece of evidence. (A link is provided on the View Evidence page, Updated By field.) This history includes evidence changes made in the evidence workspace and shared evidence changes handled by the evidence broker. The following table describes each possible evidence change:

Table 1. Summary of Evidence Changes.

This table describes each possible evidence change

Evidence Change

Description

Input This is when evidence is first created.
Updated This is when an active evidence record has been updated and those updates have been accepted.
Pending Removal Set This is when an active evidence record has a pending removal set.
Pending Removal Discarded This is when a pending removal is discarded.
Superseded This is when an active evidence record has been updated and the updates have been activated, thus superseding the existing, active evidence record.
Cancelled This is when new evidence with an in edit status is canceled (before the evidence is activated).
Activated This is when an in edit evidence record is activated.
Submitted This is when evidence is submitted for approval before activation.
Approved This is when evidence is approved for activation.
Rejected This is when evidence is rejected and thus cannot be activated.
Pending Update Set This is when an active evidence record is being updated and thus the pending update is set.
Pending Update Discarded This is when an active evidence record was being updated but the evidence updates were cancelled, thus discarding the pending update on the active evidence record.
Evidence Transfer This is when evidence is transferred from one case to another case.
Shared Evidence Added This is when new evidence is available for sharing.
Shared Evidence Updated This is when evidence updates are available for sharing.
Shared Evidence Accepted This is when shared evidence has been accepted on the target case. The acceptance indicator is set on the source evidence.