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+## Data Provenance and Reproducibility
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+When a user selects particular version id or date for versioned data retrieval, this is recorded for future reference, and can be seen in a history item's "View details" (info icon) report, in the "Input Parameters" section.  But if a user left the global date field blank or didn't select a particular version of a data source, they or another user can still rerun a Versioned Data retrieval to recreate the results by noting the original history item's view details "Created" date and entering it into the global retrieval date of the form.  
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+![A history dataset has a detailed view link](history_view_details.png)
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+![Data provenance information is available in the detail view](history_dataset_details.png)
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+Also, particular dates/versions of a Versioned Data history item's retrieved data are shown in its "Edit Attributes" (pencil icon) report in the "Info" field.
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+Because Galaxy also preserves the version id of any galaxy tool it runs (e.g. the makeblastdb version #), rerunning a history/workflow that has these tools should also apply the appropriate software version to generate the secondary data as well. 
+However, the tool version ids contained within a workflow are not recorded by the versioned data tool per se.; they exist only in the selected workflow's design template, so some care must be taken to freeze or version any workflows used to generate derivative data.