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Person Merge involves the combination of two person records (
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i.e. two different person IDs) into one person ID.
In a person merge, the
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From Person Record is transferred to the
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To
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Person Record and the
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From
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person ID is then deleted.
- The basic person information (name, address, contact information) of the
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- To
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- Person Record is kept. The basic person information of the From Person Record is discarded.
- Other data (such as roles, role history, match information etc etc) is combined for the two records, wherever possible.
Merges are scheduled using this page for later overnight processing. However, depending on the number of merges there are to process, a scheduled merge may not occur for several days.
This function comes in handy when many records exist for the same person in the system. To avoid data duplication,
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- A middle name or initial must be entered to distinguish from the existing record
- Entering a Date of Birth (DOB) is also a good way to separate identities
- Using search via People >>add new person to make sure transfer is used in case of existing record
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Go to Organisation or Competition Participation>> People >> Person Merge Request
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check for an existing Person Record when adding a new person record to reduce the chance of duplication.
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The Person Merge Request Screen is where you can:
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Adding a scheduled Person Merge
The Person Merge List
All future and past merges are listed in the table. The table can be filtered by:
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