3.03 How do I find and remove duplicates in my Churchteams database?

Our merging feature helps keep your database clean.

To merge Members, go to Members > Member > Merge. 

You have 2 options for handling Merges -- (1) you know the name of the duplicates that need to be merged or (2) you want to see a listing of all possible duplicates in the database and work to merge them from the listing.

1. If you know the duplicated Member that needs to be merged, search that Member's first or last name in the Search box just below the blue highlighted box, then click Search.

• You will be shown two columns, with each column containing every entry of the name you searched in both columns, one listed in the TO column and one version in the FROM column.
• Check the box in the FROM column for the Member record that you wish to be merged (the record that is least correct and should be merged and/or overwritten) into the correct Member record in the TO column, and check the correct record in the TO column as well.

2. To review a list of possible duplicates within Churchteams, instead of entering a name in the Search box on the Merge page, skip down to the “Possible Duplicate Member Report” section.

• Choose one of the three options listed and explained within the Possible Duplicate Report section, then Run the Report.
• The Possible Duplicates report is a working report that will show one blue highlighted box for each possible duplicated person.  Use the "Swap from/to" button to move the correct record into the "Merge TO Member" column. Once the correct record is on the right side of the page, click the Merge Members button for that particular record and move to the next record.
  
  
  
• If a possible duplicate is not actually a duplicate and should really remain as two separate records in the database, check the "Don't show again / not duplicates" option (located at the bottom of each blue box) so that this record will not appear again and move on to the next possible duplicate.