2.3.3. Functional use of attributes

SIVI AFS contains a lot of attributes. A description of each attribute is available in AFD 2.0 Online. But it is not always clear, which attribute to use in which situation. This paragraph gives some guidelines.

What date to use?

In SIVI AFS different date attributes are in use for different purposes. Particularly the following dates cause confusion:

• effectiveDate: Date on which the data of this entity will take/took effect. (NL: Datum waarop de gegevens van deze entiteit van kracht worden/zijn geworden.)
• effectiveChangeDate: Effect date of the change itself. Not intended as registration date of the change on the contract/by the carrier. (NL: Datum waarop de wijziging ingaat/is ingegaan. Niet bedoeld voor de datum waarop de wijziging door de maatschappij is geregistreerd/is aangetekend op het contract.)
• initialEffectiveDate: Original effective date. (NL: Oorspronkelijke ingangsdatum)
  

effectiveDate
The attribute effectiveDate is the original start date of the contract, This date does not change during the duration of a contract

effectiveChangeDate
The effectiveChangeDate is the date the changes to that contract start effectively. This is not necessarily the same date as the date the changes are registered.

initialEffectiveDate
The attribute initialEffectiveDate is hardly used. Only in case of a transition of an insurance portfolio from one intermediary to another, this attribute might be used.