Auto-Populating the Merged Result Record 

To help streamline the merging of multiple records that may have many fields, qualifiers, and attributes, MDM can automatically set the values of the [Merged Record] column in the Merge Records dialog with values from the selected records, so that you don’t have to set them manually.

Specifically, MDM auto-populates values based on the setting of the Auto-Populate in Merge Records dialog configuration option, as follows:

·        None. No values are auto-populated in the [Merged Record] column; every one of them must be set manually.

·        All Values Equal. Values for rows highlighted in black are auto-populated in the [Merged Record] column.

·        All Values Equal or NULL. Values for rows highlighted in blue are auto-populated in the [Merged Record] column.

 

When you use the Auto-Populate option, MDM automatically populates the [Merged Record] values when you first enter the Merge Records dialog. Using the third option above, the only values that remain to be set manually are for rows where value differences are highlighted in magenta or red.