Duplicate detection jobs

Duplicate detection jobs are used to find all duplicate records so that an administrator who understands the data can make an informed decision as to whether the record is a true duplicate. The administrator can merge and deactivate duplicate records.

Duplicate detection jobs are system jobs created by a wizard. Clicking on Duplicate detection jobs in the Power Platform admin center opens a new page showing the list of jobs already in the environment, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 7.8 – Duplicate Detection Jobs

Clicking on New opens the wizard, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 7.9 – Duplicate detection job wizard step 1

Clicking on the Next button reveals the next step in the wizard:

Figure 7.10 – Duplicate detection job wizard step 2

On this page, you select the entity you wish to find duplicates for. You also select the records you want to check. You can use a view or add additional selection criteria. In the...