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Basic Detection

Basic duplicate detection provides three options to facilitate duplicate detection: Person, Address, or Household.  Each of the methods uses pre-assigned fields when creating a match.  Follow the instructions in the Duplicate Detection topic to set up the main Duplicate Detection window and check the boxes that apply to you in the Basic section as described below:

 

 

Basic Duplicate Detection

 

 

By Person

 

By Address

 

By Household

 

Use Soundex

 

Exact Match

 

Address Match Threshold

 

Priority Record

Setting the Priority Record allows you to specify which record you would like to keep when duplicates are found.  Here are the different options available.

 

Review Duplicates

 

Backup Duplicates

 

All Records

 

Auto Run

 

 

Dictionary

 Enabling the dictionary allows you to find aliases within the file as matches.  "Michael" would be found as a match for "Mike", for example.