For example, if two profiles have matching names, phone numbers, and birthdays, they’re probably duplicates, but what if the names and addresses match but the birthdays are different? Should they be flagged? The Duplicate Detector compares two profiles by looking at several pieces of information from each profile (such as names, birthdays, contact info, et cetera) and uses the information to decide if those two profiles should be flagged as potential duplicates.īut deciding which comparisons are the most reliable predictors of duplicates isn’t easy. This new feature serves as an example of how we love using new technologies to equip your church, and if you’re like me and you’d like the technical details of how complex problems were solved, read on! The Nitty Gritty It will save you time by providing better suggestions and keeping your database tidier! Our tests have shown the new algorithm to be significantly better at finding duplicates and ignoring similar, but not actually duplicate, profiles. This week we launched a new detection algorithm to improve the results of the Duplicate Detector. Just over a year ago we launched the Duplicate Detector to help you find and merge those pesky duplicate profiles cluttering your database, and it’s already been used to merge over 500,000 profiles!

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