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New Logic was introduced for the Issue Rating to insert a new record only when both the effective date and the Rating are different than the existing values in the database. This new logic may be triggered by using the processingOptions SKIP_UNCHANGED_RATING in the incoming file. The new logic checks if the latest rating record (highest effective date) for the same key (Security + Issue + Source) has a different alpha rating or the same rating. If the new record matches the existing alpha rating, the record will be skipped, otherwise the a new record will be created. The new logic does not affect the default behavior and is only available when the processing option SKIP_UNCHANGED_RATING is set in the incoming file.
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