In many systems, it is important for records to be unique. Having multiple records referring to the same object or person can cause users to miss vital information. The Dataverse has a feature to identify duplicate records and prevent them from being created. This is called duplicate detection.
Duplicate detection has three components:
- Duplicate detection settings: Enable and disable duplicate detection.
- Duplicate detection rules: Define how records are matched.
- Duplicate detection jobs: Create scheduled jobs to detect duplicates.
You can access the duplicate detection feature from the Power Platform admin center. Select an environment, open Settings, and then expand Data management. You will see the three duplicate detection components (settings, rules, and jobs), as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 7.1 – Duplicate detection options in the Power Platform admin center
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