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title: Annotate a Transaction
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# Annotate a Transaction (Master Data Services)

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  In [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)], annotate a transaction when you want to provide supporting details about the transaction for historical purposes.  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  You cannot delete annotations.  
  
## Prerequisites  
  
-   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.  
  
-   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)](../master-data-services/administrators-master-data-services.md).  
  
### To annotate a transaction in Explorer  
  
1.  On the [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)] home page, from the **Model** list, select a model.  
  
2.  From the **Version** list, select a version.  
  
3.  Click **Explorer**.  
  
4.  From the menu bar, point to **Entities** and click the entity that contains the member with a transaction you want to annotate.  
  
5.  In the grid, click the row of the member.  
  
6.  Click **View Transactions**.  
  
7.  In the **View Transactions** dialog box, click the transaction you want to annotate.  
  
8.  In the box at the bottom of the dialog box, type your annotation.  
  
9. Click **Add Annotation**. The annotation is displayed in the **Annotations** pane.  
  
### To annotate a transaction in Version Management (administrators only)  
  
1.  On the [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)] home page, click **Version Management**.  
  
2.  On the menu bar, click **Transactions**.  
  
3.  In the **Transactions** pane, click the row in the grid for the transaction you want to annotate.  
  
4.  In the **Transaction Annotations** pane, in the **Annotation** box, type your annotation.  
  
5.  Click **OK**.  
  
## See Also  
 [Annotations (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/annotations-master-data-services.md)   
 [Transactions (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/transactions-master-data-services.md)