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Flow Action - Store Duplicate Information in Deduplicate Job

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The Flow Action feature is available in the Premium Edition.

The "Store Duplicate information in Deduplicate Job" flow action lets you insert duplicate records that are found with the Find Duplicate by ID flow action in a new Deduplicate Job.

1. Use the Find Duplicate by ID flow action to generate a Search Result output

To store duplicate results in a Deduplicate Job, first find duplicate records using the Find Duplicates by ID flow action. The Search Result output that is generated serves as input for storing the duplicate results in a Deduplicate Job.

2. Use the "Store Duplicate information in Deduplicate Job" flow action

  1. From the Elements section, drag a new Action to the screen from the Toolbox on the left side.

  1. In the New Action dialog, search for "Store Duplicate in Deduplicate Job".
  2. At "Label", define a name for your action. If the API name is not set automatically, make sure an API name is defined as well.
  3. At "Set Input Values", make sure to set the SearchResult that you gathered from Find Duplicates by ID flow action.

Please note that it is not possible to use the Search Results from Find Duplicates by Field Values.
5. Optional: At "Deduplicate Job Name", decide if you want to create a custom name for the new Deduplicate Job that will be created. If no custom name is set, the job is called "Flow Duplicates - %Date%".
6. Click "Done".

The "Store Duplicates in Deduplicate Job" flow action will create one job a day. If multiple duplicates are found and stored on the same day, duplicates will be added to the existing job, if the Job Name is the same.

3. Connect your actions to the start trigger

Make sure your actions are connected to the start trigger.

In this example, we're first collecting an ID to search with in the Find Duplicates by ID action, after which we use the Search Result output to store the duplicates that are found in a Deduplicate Job.

4. Run the flow

Run the flow by clicking "Run".

Store Duplicate in Deduplicate Job action result

After running the flow, the action returns parameters that can be used further in the flow. For example, create a link to the new Deduplicate Job that is created.

Parameter Description
Succeeded A boolean that returns "True" or "False".
dcJobID The ID of the Deduplicate Job the duplicate records are added to.