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title: View Historical Records
slug: help/en-us/dairycomp/records-hist
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createdAt: 2026-01-26T11:43:19.653Z
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When you first open a CowCard, the information shown in the events and items reflects what has been gathered during the animal's current lactation. To have the CowCard show data from a previous lactation, click the **Previous Lactation** icon :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/3h8pSJcGUXEi4HGCCYPTA/fC0-PLyU94BUG31YDpH_Y_prev-lact.png" alt caption size="10" width="24" height="23"}.

When you click the icon, the CowCard updates to display the data from the animal's previous lactation. When a previous lactation is being referenced, the yellow Archive LACT # tag appears next to the secondary command line of the CowCard.

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You can click the previous lactation again to view data for even earlier lactations (if they're available). If you view data for lactation 0, you'll notice that the [Dam Info Tab](docId\:t8vzTXbfHGzEsCDMyP7Id) and the [Lifetime Tab](docId\:Nfnu3z5sNXIfb7l7Beiqe) replace the PrevLacts and Lactation tabs.

To return to the current lactation record, either move to a different CowCard or select the Previous Lactation icon until the No Previous Lactations Found message is displayed.

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Click to download a video to see how the CowCard shows previous lactation data:

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