Duplicate Candidates
Customers, suppliers, items and employees that look like the same thing entered twice, found by the weekly scan from name similarity and shared identifiers. Decide each: not a duplicate, or propose a merge.
Where to find it
- Module: Platform
- Group: Data & Documents
- Section: Data Quality
- Screen: Duplicate Candidates
Address in the console: /mdm/duplicate-candidates
List · 6 columns · 1 field on its form · 2 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Master | Status | entity |
| Record | Text | record_a_label |
| Looks like | Text | record_b_label |
| Score | Text | score |
| Last found | Date and time | last_found_at |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | Choice | open, not_duplicate |
What you can do here
Scan now
Scan for duplicates
Asks for: Master
Propose merge primary
Propose merging these two
Asks for: Why they are the same
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.