Custom Visual update options.updateId

I noticed the updateId on the VisualUpdateOptions passed in on a custom visual's update method when debugging.

What is that used for? 

Can it be used to get back to a previous options passed into visual.update?

I would like to be able to programatically get back to an earlier data state (drill up) after having drilled down using selectionManager.select().

Thanks for any help or information.