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# Configure ID Deduplication, Deduplicate, and Save Duplicate Groups/Individuals

This document provides instructions to configure ID deduplication method. This will help you to deduplicate the data and save the duplicate groups/individuals in the appropriate registries.

## Prerequisites

* The user must have valid credentials to login to Social Registry.
* The user must have Registrar and Administrator role.
* The user must have the ID Deduplication Module installed.

## Procedure

1. Login to ***Social Registry***.
2. Click the main menu icon ![](/files/jsRVDffM09VtGFJaNGuN) and select ***Social Registry***.

You can view the ***Groups*** screen by default.

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## Configure the ID deduplication

3. Click the main menu icon ![](https://docs.openg2p.org/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.gitbook.com%2Fcontent%2FJZcdob2emEcLMvLyIxqT%2Fblobs%2F8OB4tqV7ZFODV0mhFdjA%2Fimage.png\&width=300\&dpr=4\&quality=100\&sign=d9c9a547\&sv=1) and select ***Settings***.
4. Select ***G2P Registry Settings*** from the left menu bar.

Below the ***G2P Registry Deduplication Settings,*** you can find two ID types.

* [Group ID Types](#group-id-types)
* [Individual ID Types](#individual-id-types)

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### Group ID Types

5. In ***Group ID Types***, click the ***Add a line***.

**Add: Grp Deduplication Id Types** screen is displayed.

6. Select the criteria you want to apply to deduplicate the Group. For example, the criteria, Family: Aadhar ID, Test ID is selected.

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7. Click the ***Close*** button to exit from the screen.
8. Click the ***New*** button to create group deduplication Id types.
9. Click the ***Select*** button to choose the criteria.

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10. Click the ***Save*** button to save the configuration.

### Deduplicate Group

11. Click the main menu icon ![](/files/jsRVDffM09VtGFJaNGuN) and select ***Social Registry.***

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For example, there are two duplicate Groups Needy 1 and Needy 2 with same Aadhar ID and Test ID.

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12. Click the ***Groups*** tab in the menu bar.
13. Click the ***Deduplicate*** button.

A message popups with the number of duplicates found in the Group and the Group member based on the criteria defined in the [Group ID Types](#group-id-types) section.

14. Click the ***Duplicates*** tab in the menu bar. Select the ***Groups***.

***Duplicated Groups*** screen is displayed.

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You can find the duplicate groups.

## Individual ID Types

15. In ***Individual ID Types***, click the drop-down and select the ID type.

For example, here ***Test ID*** is selected.

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16. Click the ***Save*** button to save the configuration.

## Deduplicate Individuals

17. Click the main menu icon ![](/files/jsRVDffM09VtGFJaNGuN) and select ***Social Registry.***
18. Click the ***Individuals*** tab.

For example, there are two individuals (Empower 1, Empower 2) with the same Test ID.

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19. Click the ***Individuals*** tab in the menu bar.
20. Click the ***Deduplicate*** button.

A message popups with the number of duplicates found in the Individuals based on the criteria defined in the [Individual ID Types](#individual-id-types) section.

21. Click the ***Duplicates*** tab in the menu bar. Select the ***Individuals***.

***Duplicated Individuals*** screen is displayed.

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You can find the duplicated individuals.

This completes the process of configuring ID deduplication, deduplicate, and save duplicate Groups/Individuals in the appropriate registries.


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