diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
index 23a8e8980..1bbbb0ba4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
@@ -325,7 +325,17 @@ case class Hdfs(properties: Hdfs.Properties) {
   val kind = "HDFS"
 }
 object Hdfs {
-  case class Properties(content: Content)
+
+  /**
+   * Hdfs file properties.
+   * @param content Content object representing Hdfs file based data source.
+   * @param appendedFiles Appended files since the last time derived dataset was updated.
+   * @param deletedFiles Deleted files since the last time derived dataset was updated.
+   */
+  case class Properties(
+      content: Content,
+      appendedFiles: Seq[String] = Nil,
+      deletedFiles: Seq[String] = Nil)
 }
 
 // IndexLogEntry-specific Relation that represents the source relation.
@@ -379,6 +389,14 @@ case class IndexLogEntry(
       .toSet
   }
 
+  def deletedFiles: Seq[String] = {
+    relations.head.data.properties.deletedFiles
+  }
+
+  def appendedFiles: Seq[String] = {
+    relations.head.data.properties.appendedFiles
+  }
+
   def bucketSpec: BucketSpec =
     BucketSpec(
       numBuckets = numBuckets,
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntryTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntryTest.scala
index 85541c3e4..6669bf0a6 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntryTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntryTest.scala
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ class IndexLogEntryTest extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper with BeforeAndAfter
         |                  "kind" : "NoOp",
         |                  "properties" : { }
         |                }
-        |              }
+        |              },
+        |              "deletedFiles" : ["file:/rootpath/f1"],
+        |              "appendedFiles" : ["file:/rootpath/f3"]
         |            },
         |            "kind" : "HDFS"
         |          },
@@ -163,7 +165,9 @@ class IndexLogEntryTest extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper with BeforeAndAfter
       Seq(Relation(
         Seq("rootpath"),
         Hdfs(Hdfs.Properties(Content(
-          Directory("", Seq(FileInfo("f1", 100L, 100L), FileInfo("f2", 200L, 200L)), Seq())))),
+          Directory("", Seq(FileInfo("f1", 100L, 100L), FileInfo("f2", 200L, 200L)), Seq())),
+          Seq("file:/rootpath/f3"),
+          Seq("file:/rootpath/f1"))),
         "schema",
         "type",
         Map())),