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How can I tell a manually entered record from a sportsbook-imported record?
Check the record's provenance fields when they are available. BSD distinguishes a manual record, whose source is self-reported, from an imported record received through the connected history source. An imported record can still carry provider-graded settlement data, so the imported label alone does not mean every result was confirmed directly by a sportsbook.
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Use the record kind and settlement source together
In BSD's record model, record kind identifies manual versus imported history. Settlement source adds another distinction: a manual entry is self-reported; an import can be labeled as a sportsbook record or as provider-autograded. Those fields answer different questions about where the record came from and how its result was supplied.
If your current record view exposes these details, compare them directly. If it shows only a sportsbook or book name, that name by itself does not tell you whether the result was entered manually, imported, or graded by a data provider. Do not infer a hidden source label or assume that every History row came from a connected book.
A source label does not certify every detail
A manual record is explicitly marked self-reported; BSD's record structure does not represent those user-entered placement and financial results as confirmed by a sportsbook. A linked manual record may be connected to an import after the user confirms the overlap. When linked, the import represents it in default lists and financial totals; unlinked overlap remains unverified.
An import preserves source data, but fields can be missing or incomplete. The public BSD terms also say imported history is not guaranteed to be complete. Some imported settlement data can be provider-autograded rather than confirmed as a sportsbook result. Read the available limitations with the provenance label.
When you cannot see provenance, keep the conclusion narrow
A History row is not, by itself, proof of a linked-book import. A manually prepared ticket can name a sportsbook too. Look for the record kind, settlement source and any confirmed link between a manual entry and an import, if those details are available to you.
If the current view does not expose those details, you cannot reliably identify the record's origin from its title alone. Use the record or export information BSD actually provides, or ask support what provenance is available for that entry. Do not edit or recreate a record simply to make its source look more certain.
- Manual plus self-reported means the entry came from a user's report.
- Import plus sportsbook-record or provider-autograde distinguishes two imported result sources.
- A missing source field is unknown; it is not evidence that a book was connected.
Hypothetical: matching two records by source
Imagine a history view with one record labeled manual and self-reported, and another labeled import with a provider-autograde settlement source. The first record's result was entered by a user. The second arrived through the import path, but its settlement was provider-graded. You cannot call both sportsbook-confirmed just because both show a book name. If provenance is not visible in your view, this status-only example does not tell you which source your own record used.
Related questions
Does an imported record always mean the sportsbook confirmed its result?
No. BSD's imported record can identify its settlement source as either a sportsbook record or provider-autograded. Inspect that source when available; do not treat the general import label as stronger proof.
Can a manually entered record be linked to an import?
The record model supports a user-confirmed overlap link between a manual record and an import. A confirmed link is distinct from an unverified resemblance between two records.