Data Director User Guide

10.3

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Unmerging Records Overview

You can unmerge a record that was merged with another record. Use the

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view to see the records that contribute to the best version of the truth for a record. If you identify a cross-reference record that should not be merged with the record, you can unmerge the record if you have permission or you can create an unmerge task. You can unmerge the cross-reference record only or you can unmerge the cross-reference record with lineage.

When you unmerge the cross-reference record only, the child records that were associated with the cross-reference record you unmerge continue to be associated with the merged record.

The following image shows the result when you unmerge the cross-reference record only:

An unmerged cross-reference record unmerges the parent record but leaves the child records with the business entity that was the target of the merge.

When you unmerge the cross-reference record with lineage, the child records are associated with the unmerged record, just as they were before the merge.

The following image shows the result when you unmerge the cross-reference with lineage:

An unmerged cross-reference record with lineage unmerges the parent record and restores the child records.

You can unmerge record in the

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view. The cross-reference view shows the best version of the truth for the record and the cross-reference records that have merged with the record. The cross-reference records are organized by the source system from which they originated. The highlighted fields show which values contribute to the best version of the truth. You can select a cross-reference record and create an unmerge task for the record to be unmerged from the record.

The following image shows the

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view: