# 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 ![](https://1895884874-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnKdOHLbjDdIln1QDNwSx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1b48611b7e3fc05b72b589735073c90404ac05ef%2Fmain-menu.png?alt=media) and select ***Social Registry***. You can view the ***Groups*** screen by default.
## 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)
### 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.
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.
10. Click the ***Save*** button to save the configuration. ### Deduplicate Group 11. Click the main menu icon ![](https://1895884874-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnKdOHLbjDdIln1QDNwSx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1b48611b7e3fc05b72b589735073c90404ac05ef%2Fmain-menu.png?alt=media) and select ***Social Registry.***
For example, there are two duplicate Groups Needy 1 and Needy 2 with same Aadhar ID and Test ID.
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.
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.
16. Click the ***Save*** button to save the configuration. ## Deduplicate Individuals 17. Click the main menu icon ![](https://1895884874-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnKdOHLbjDdIln1QDNwSx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1b48611b7e3fc05b72b589735073c90404ac05ef%2Fmain-menu.png?alt=media) and select ***Social Registry.*** 18. Click the ***Individuals*** tab. For example, there are two individuals (Empower 1, Empower 2) with the same Test ID.
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.
You can find the duplicated individuals. This completes the process of configuring ID deduplication, deduplicate, and save duplicate Groups/Individuals in the appropriate registries.