diff --git a/data/service/data-service.js b/data/service/data-service.js
index b98c19048e..c93ee8e9ec 100644
--- a/data/service/data-service.js
+++ b/data/service/data-service.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ exports.DataService = Montage.specialize(/** @lends DataService.prototype */ {
     deserializeSelf: {
         value:function (deserializer) {
             var self = this,
-                result = null, 
+                result = null,
                 value;
 
             value = deserializer.getProperty("childServices");
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ exports.DataService = Montage.specialize(/** @lends DataService.prototype */ {
             if (value) {
                 this.delegate = value;
             }
-            
+
             return result;
         }
     },
@@ -1893,6 +1893,26 @@ exports.DataService = Montage.specialize(/** @lends DataService.prototype */ {
         }
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Resets an object to the last value in the snapshot.
+     * @method
+     * @argument {Object} object - The object who will be reset.
+     * @returns {external:Promise} - A promise fulfilled when the object has
+     * been mapped back to its last known state.
+     */
+    resetDataObject: {
+        value: function (object) {
+            var service = this._getChildServiceForObject(object),
+                promise;
+
+            if (service) {
+                promise = service.resetDataObject(object);
+            }
+
+            return promise;
+        }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Save changes made to a data object.
      *
diff --git a/data/service/raw-data-service.js b/data/service/raw-data-service.js
index 14df6020dd..51ee2e084d 100644
--- a/data/service/raw-data-service.js
+++ b/data/service/raw-data-service.js
@@ -283,6 +283,24 @@ exports.RawDataService = DataService.specialize(/** @lends RawDataService.protot
         }
     },
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * Resets the object to its last known state.
+     *
+     * @method
+     * @argument {Object} object   - The object to reset.
+     * @returns {external:Promise} - A promise fulfilled when the object has
+     * been reset to its last known state.
+     *
+     */
+    resetDataObject: {
+        value: function (object) {
+            var snapshot = this.snapshotForObject(object),
+                result = this._mapRawDataToObject(snapshot, object);
+            return result || Promise.resolve(object);
+        }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Subclasses should override this method to delete a data object when that
      * object's raw data would be useful to perform the deletion.
@@ -754,27 +772,6 @@ exports.RawDataService = DataService.specialize(/** @lends RawDataService.protot
         }
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Convert raw data to data objects of an appropriate type.
-     *
-     * Subclasses should override this method to map properties of the raw data
-     * to data objects:
-     * @method
-     * @argument {Object} record - An object whose properties' values hold
-     *                             the raw data.
-     * @argument {Object} object - An object whose properties must be set or
-     *                             modified to represent the raw data.
-     * @argument {?} context     - The value that was passed in to the
-     *                             [addRawData()]{@link RawDataService#addRawData}
-     *                             call that invoked this method.
-     */
-
-
-    mapRawDataToObject: {
-        value: function (rawData, object, context) {
-            return this.mapFromRawData(object, rawData, context);
-        }
-    },
     /**
      * Convert raw data to data objects of an appropriate type.
      *
@@ -808,6 +805,12 @@ exports.RawDataService = DataService.specialize(/** @lends RawDataService.protot
      *                             [addRawData()]{@link RawDataService#addRawData}
      *                             call that invoked this method.
      */
+     mapRawDataToObject: {
+        value: function (rawData, object, context) {
+            return this.mapFromRawData(object, rawData, context);
+        }
+    },
+
     _mapRawDataToObject: {
         value: function (record, object, context) {
             var self = this,