Description
In this presentation I talk about the new Duplicate Detection feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and its use in helping to maintain good quality data.
In addition there is a great blog post about using Soundex with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 - http://www.philiprichardson.org/blog/post/Soundex-in-CRM-40-Duplicate-Detection.aspx
Lastly, be sure to search on Duplicate Detection in the latest Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SDK
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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation
https://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnell
https://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde
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The Discussion
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Hi John,
Great Information. Thanks! I have one problem with duplicate detection that I hope you can help me with.
My Contacts can have up to three email addresses, however when I try to add a duplicate detection rule to look for duplicates against all three possible address, I can’t. If someone enters an email address into the E-mail Address 2 field, then I want to setup a rule to see if that email address is already in another Contact’s E-mail, E-mail Address 2, or E-mail Address 3 fields.
It does not seem that CRM 4.0 allows this since when you try to create a rule and the Base Record Type is the same as the Matching Record Type, then it only allows you to pick one Attribute. I cannot pick the Base Record Attribute and the Matching Record Attribute like I can if the Record Types are different. That is, I can match E-mail against E-mail, but I cannot match E-mail against E-mail Address 2.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Larry