# Source of lifecycle change

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744>\
**Category:** Dashboards & Reporting\
**Created:** [October 15, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744 "2019-10-15T10:58:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yibe](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/yibe/32/38459_2.png) [@yibe](https://community.hubspot.com/u/yibe)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744/1 "2019-10-15T10:58:45Z")

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Is there any way to use the source of lifecycle change?

Looking into lifecycle stage property, it has source infromatino as history data.

I want to use that in my report to shee what effects contact’s lifecycle change.

However, as far as I know, it can’t be exported in any way from Hubspot.

I want to know if I really cannot retrieve them as raw data.

 ![HS.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/0da2e001d4aa20711a624f596813c7d26b56f840.png)

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**Author:** ![Josh](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/josh/32/17115_2.png) [@Josh](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744/2 "2019-10-15T13:26:06Z")

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Hi @yibe,

I don’t believe this is a possibility at this time. [It would be worth posting to the Ideas Forum](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/ideaslandingpage).

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**Author:** ![yibe](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/yibe/32/38459_2.png) [@yibe](https://community.hubspot.com/u/yibe)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744/3 "2019-10-16T01:17:03Z")

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Hi Josh,

Thank you for the comment. I will post it in the Ideas forum.

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**Author:** ![MFrankJohnson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mfrankjohnson/32/22490_2.png) [@MFrankJohnson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFrankJohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744/4 "2019-10-15T18:47:55Z")

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You may export the Lifecycle Stage property history from the Settings-\>Properties-\>Lifecycle stage screen.  
- see image

 ![mfjlabs-screenshot-Lifecycle-Stage-History-Export-Button.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/c/8c489b1c5d48d2ace223cd8a168e4ca4704f4d8e.png)  
HubSpot Lifecycle Stage Export History

However, that exported .csv will NOT contain the reason detail.  
- see image

 ![mfjlabs-screenshot-Lifecycle-Stage-History-Export.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/2/e2117dc09830abc58cf14846447869327442e8cc.png)  
HubSpot Lifecycle Stage Export History .csv

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**Author:** ![yibe](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/yibe/32/38459_2.png) [@yibe](https://community.hubspot.com/u/yibe)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/source-of-lifecycle-change/16744/5 "2019-10-16T01:23:51Z")

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Hi Frank,

Thank you for the comment.

I know I can export history data in the way you suggested.

Hubspot seems to only make the original source usable, not the source that changes lifecycle stage.

I will post the issue in the ideas forum as a request.