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resources:cerl_thesaurus:editing:newinterface [2018/03/27 15:51] – [4.5 Deduplicating Records] jahnke | resources:cerl_thesaurus:editing:newinterface [2018/04/09 15:56] – [4.5 Deduplicating Records] jahnke | ||
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The duplicate candidate records are shown in the right column. The first (white) one is the record you started with; sinc this is the record the other are finally merged into, you cannot deselect it from deduplication. | The duplicate candidate records are shown in the right column. The first (white) one is the record you started with; sinc this is the record the other are finally merged into, you cannot deselect it from deduplication. | ||
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+ | //**Please note:** If there are many duplicate candidates it might be easier to check the records one by one. To do that, you start with “Hide all” (which turns all candidates grey) and then re‐activate the first candidate and see if it is a duplicate or not. If it’s not, uncheck it and go to the next. If it is, you could click the other button next to the check mark (the one with the three stripes on it) to switch the record’s colour to white before you proceed with the next record. So you’d know that everything that’s white is checked and “ok” and the amount of different colours is a little less confusing.// | ||
Un‐select the records that are not duplicates to the first one by clicking the green checkmark in the box that represents the record in the right column. The box will turn grey and the fields that belong to that record will no longer be visible in the left column. As long as the box in the right column has a colour (other than grey, that is) the record will be merged into the first one, once you hit save. | Un‐select the records that are not duplicates to the first one by clicking the green checkmark in the box that represents the record in the right column. The box will turn grey and the fields that belong to that record will no longer be visible in the left column. As long as the box in the right column has a colour (other than grey, that is) the record will be merged into the first one, once you hit save. | ||
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When done, hit //Save//. The first record will receive all the fields of the active (coloured) records, which in turn will get a redirect to the first record' | When done, hit //Save//. The first record will receive all the fields of the active (coloured) records, which in turn will get a redirect to the first record' | ||
- | If there are many duplicate candidates it might be easier to check the records one by one. To do that, you start with “Hide all” (which turns all candidates grey) and then re‐activate the first candidate and see if it is a duplicate or not. If it’s not, uncheck it and go to the next. If it is, you could click the other button next to the check mark (the one with the three stripes on it) to switch the record’s colour to white before you proceed with the next record. So you’d know that everything that’s white is checked and “ok” and the amount of different colours is a little less confusing. | ||
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