> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cantonfoundation-update-ref-tables.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequest > Exclusive lower bound offset of the requested ledger section (non-negative integer). The response will only contain transactions whose offset is strictly greater than this. If set to zero, the lower bound is set to the beginning of the ledger. If the participant has been pruned, this parameter must be greater or equal than the pruning offset. Protobuf type com.daml.ledger.api.v2.GetUpdatesRequest ## UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequest Upstream docs: [Open](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.daml/bindings-java/3.5.6/com/daml/ledger/api/v2/UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequest.html) **Signature** ```text theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}} public static final class UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequest extends com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3 implements UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequestOrBuilder ``` **Members** | Docs | Member | Introduced | Deprecated | Removed | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | | [Open](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.daml/bindings-java/3.5.6/com/daml/ledger/api/v2/UpdateServiceOuterClass.GetUpdatesRequest.html#BEGIN_EXCLUSIVE_FIELD_NUMBER) | `BEGIN_EXCLUSIVE_FIELD_NUMBER` | `3.5.6` | - 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