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Overview

  • Review an individual and see if there are potential duplicates that should be merged
  • Merge two records you believe are duplicates
  • Review a report across the entire database of potential duplicates
    How to use Duplicate Person Merge

    System Suggested Duplicates

  1. Go to Global Duplicates Tab
  2. Select Match method
  3. Use Find Duplicates button to find all possible duplicates
  4. Double click to select a record - it will populate to the form with the "Merge To" record
  5. Click on Merge Tab - double click on possible duplicate in list (the "Merge From" record)
  6. Will populate the Differences Form
  7. Review the Current Value fields (as these will be the retained fields) use arrow under exclamation mark to copy from old value to current value
  8. Once ready - navigate to Merge Tab
  9. Right click on the record
    • Merge from this person - to have this record disappear into the merge
    • Merge or Inherit Profile from this person - will inherit any Simple Profile Type from this person as well
    • Person Properties takes you to the Person to review
    • Swap with Primary will enable this to become the "Merge To" rather than the "Merge From" This will complete the merge 

Manual Suggested Duplicates

  1. Search for a person - note Advanced search enables searching across: Searchcode, Fname, LName, Email, Company, Street, Phone Number
  2. Enter code for duplicate in Manually found duplicate not working
  3. Continue as above

    General Tab

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Advanced Contact Tab

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Profile Tab

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Merge Tab

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Differences Tab

Table of Contents

Note

Merging duplicates requires the secure feature Secure Features#CanMergeBusinessEntities

Host Company > Host Company Profile Settings > flag "Enforce Duplicate Check on New Entries" - will enforce a duplicate check prior to saving new entries

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Find Possible Duplicates

Rating = confidence of duplicate (1 is very high expectation as many matching items)

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Double click to Select one - view details

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View possible duplicates > Merge Tab - Right click on any possible duplicate

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View differences between your selected one and a possible duplicate

Shows differences across the different fields once two records are being compared in columns

  • Field - field being compared
  • Old Value - from the "Merge from" record
  • Current Value (value that will be retained after the merge) - from the "Merge to" record Select the differences to be changed by
    • clicking on RHS under ! to populate from old to current
    • Typing Type directly into the Current fields

      Global Duplicates

      will create a field if you would like to change the surviving value

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Merge (from the list of possible duplicates

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